A MANUAL 
OF THE 
BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
DISCOMYCETES. Fries. 
RECEPTACLE cupulate, applanate, mitrate, stipitate, 
sessile, or immersed ; hymenium superior, more or less 
“exposed; substance fleshy, waxy, gelatinous, or rarely 
cartilaginous; asci cylindrical or clavate, containing 
usually 8 sporidia (rarely 4, 16, 32, or more). 
Name—From dicxog, a disc, and pixne, a fungus. 
Order I—HELVELLACEI. Fries. 
Receptacle vertical, stipitate, pileate, mitrate, or clavi- 
form; bearing the hymenium on the upper surface, which 
is always exposed; substance between fleshy and waxy, 
rarely gelatinous. 
Name—From the typical genus, Helvella. 
ARRANGEMENT OF THE GENERA. 
I. Morchella. Dill. VI. Mitrula. Fries. 
II. Gyromitra. Fries. VII. Spathularia. Pers. 
III. Helvella. Fries. VIII. Leptoglossum. Cooke. 
IV. Verpa. Swartz. IX. Geoglossum. Pers. 
V. Leotia. Fries. X. Rhizina. Fries. 
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