MORCHELLA. 3 
A. PILEUS ADNATE AT THE BASE. 
1. Morchella esculenta. (Linn.) 
Pileus round, ovate, or oblong, adnate at the base to 
the stem; ribs firm, anastomosing, intervals forming 
pits; stem even; asci cylindrical; sporidia 8, elliptic, 
20—22 X 10u; paraphyses filiform, slightly thickened 
above. (Plate I. fig. 1.) 
Phallus esculentus—Linn., “Suec.,” 1262; Scheff, 
t.199; Bolt. +.91. Morchella esculenta— Pers., l. c.; Fries, 
“Sys. Myco.,” ii. p.6; Tratt., “Essb. Schw.,” p. 268, f. EE; 
Harzer, t. 50; Favre-Guill. 47; Vitt., “Mang.,” t. xiv. 
f. 5, xiii. f. 1-3; Lenz, figs. 64, 65; Rabh., “Krypt. Flo.,” 
i. p. 382; Hussey,i. t. 13; Badham, t. 12, f. 6; Fries, “ At. 
Sv.,” t=. 54; Cooke, “Handbk.,” p. 655, ¢. i.; “Mycogr.,” 
f. 312, 313; Karst. “Myco. Fenn,” p. 32; Quelet, 
“Champ.,” pt. i. p. 382; Gill, “Champ.,” p. 15, ¢ 1 
Exsiccati—Cooke, “Fung. Brit.” ed. i. 645, ed. ii. 
181; Fekl, “F. Bh.,” 1243; Karst. “Fung. Fenn.,” 139; 
Phil, “Elv. Brit,” 1; Rav., “Fung. Car.,” i. 36; Rehm., 
“ Asco.,” 501; Thum., “Mycoth. Univ.,” 714; Ellis, “N. 
A. Fungi,” 979. 
Odour faint, taste grateful. Stem rarely hollow, or, 
except in the young state, stuffed; one inch long (but 
very variable); soft, white, squamulose on the surface ; 
not truly striate, sometimes equal, sometimes attenuate ; 
pileus more or less ovate, obtuse; ribs frequently anas- 
tomosing, without transverse ribs; but as regards form, 
magnitude, and colour, very variable (Fries, l. ¢.). 
On the earth in spring and summer. 
Name—E£sculentus, esculent. 
Blair Athol (Dr. Greville); Castle Rising, Norfolk! 
Terrington, Norfolk (C. B. Plowright). Witchingham, 
Norfolk (Mr. F. Norgate). Fotheringhay (Rev. M. J. 
Berkeley). Cambridge (Mr. J. Ball). Audley End (Rev. 
J. Leefe). Warwick (Mr. Spencer Perceval). Stainton, 
Cumberland ; Ambrose, Cumberland (Dr. Carlyle). 
