Genus Helvella 



Helvella lacunosa 



Cap — Of one piece, thin and flexible like rubber cloth, folded to 

 saddle the apex of the stem. The two saddle-flaps are at- 

 tached on their 

 margins at irreg- 

 ular intervals 

 when young, and 

 are puffed out 

 like a balloon; 

 but when ma- 

 ture, the pieces 

 separate. Their 

 outer surface is 

 brownish 

 and their 

 surface light 

 grey, creased and 

 folded. 



Stem — Irregularly and 

 deeply furrowed. 



Flesh — Odour offen- 

 sive. 



Habitat — The speci- 

 men pictured was 

 found growing 

 imbedded in deep 

 woods. 



grey, 

 inner 



.Attachment 

 of stem 



Cap flattened 

 out 



Section of 

 Stem. 



H. lacunosa (diagrammatic) 



moss on old bark in the Lake Placid 



Lac-ti-nu'-sa 



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