476 FUNGUS-FLOilA. 



Sometimes growing to a height of 25 cm. 

 Specimen in Herb., Kew, accepted as typical. 



Var. Smithiana. 



Pileus subglobose, tawny ; stem tomentose; spores 17-20 

 X 8-11 fj,; otherwise as in the typical form. 



Morchella Smithiana, Cooke, Mycogr., fig. 318 ; Grev., 

 vol. xi. p. 98 ; Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 5 ; Sacc, SylL, n. 20. 



Morchella crassipes, W. G. Smith, Journ. Bot., 1868, t. 73. 



On the ground. Spring. 



A fine, handsome species, reaching a height of 12 and a 

 diameter of 7 inches. (Cke.) 



Morchella esculenta. Pers., Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 3 ; 

 Cke., Mycogr., figs. 312-314; Sacc, SylL, viii. n. 8. (figs. 

 1-3, p. 188.) 



Pileus globose, ovate, or oblong, adnate to the stem at the 

 base, hollow, ribs stout, forming irregular, polygonal, deep 

 pits, pale dingy yellow, buff, or tawny, 3-6 cm. high and 

 broad ; stem stout, whitish, alrnost even, hollow or stuffed, 

 3—6 cm. high, 2 cm. and more thick ; asci cylindrical, 

 8-spored ; spores continuous, smooth, hyaline, elliptical, 

 ends obtuse, 19-20 x 10; paraphyses rather slender, slightly 

 thickened upwards. 



Phallus esculentus, Linn., Suec, n. 1262. 



On the ground. Spring and early summer. Edible. 



Variable in form, size, and colour, but distinguished by 

 the pileus being adnate to the stem at the base, and the 

 stout ribs anastomosing to form irregular, polygonal pits of 

 about equal size, and not elongated. 



Morchella elata. Fries, Syst. Myc, ii. p. 8 ; Sacc, 

 Syll., viii. n. 14 



Ascophore obtusely conical, hollow, thin, adnate at the 

 base, ribs strongly elevated, more or less parallel, thin and 

 rather acute, rarely bifurcating or anastomosing, connected 

 by slender transverse bars which are usually shallower than 

 the main ribs, pale yellowish-brown; stem stout, hollow, 

 very fragile, often more or less lacunose, furfuraceous, 

 whitish or with a tinge of buff ; asci large, cylindrical, apex 

 obtuse, pedicel stout, often swollen at the base, 8-spored; 

 spores 1-seriate, smooth, elliptical, ends obtuse, often 1-2- 

 guttulate, contents becoming granular, 19-25 x 14-15 /x; 



