Genus Morchella 



GENUS GYROMITRA 



The genus Gyromitra contains seven species. These have 

 the ascomata distinctly stalked, and the upper surface covered 

 with gyrose folds. The largest spore-sac fungi belong in this 

 genus. 



Gyromitra esculenta (Edible) 



Cap — Bay red, round, lobed, irregular, 

 gyrose-wrinkled, attached to the 

 stem in several places. Hollow, 

 white, and uneven within. 



Stem — Whitish, hollow, scurfy. Two or 

 more inches long. 



Flesh — Edible only when young and 

 freshly gathered. 



Habitat — In sandy soil, during the wet 

 weather of May and June. 



G. esculenta 



M. deliciosa 



Section to show margin of the cap 



united to the stem. 



GENUS MORCHELLA 



The genus Morchella has the 

 cap covered with a network of blunt 

 ridges enclosing irregular depressed 

 spaces. The spore-sacs are devel- 

 oped in both ridges and depressions. 

 All the species when young are 

 of a buff yellow tinged 

 with brown, but later 

 they are darker. The 

 stems are rather stout 

 and hollow, white or 

 whitish in some spe- 

 cies, and attached to 

 the cap at the apex 

 only ; but in others, 

 attached to the rim 

 as well. All the species M. esculenta 



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