4 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
Var. a. rotunda. Pers. 
Pers, “Syn. Fung.,” 619; Mich., t. 85, fig. 1.; Gled., 
“Meth.,” 61, t. 11, £ a (left-hand lower figure); Sow., 
t. 51 (left-hand figure) ; Grev., t. 68; Barla, t. 42, f. 1-7; 
Cooke, “ Mycogr.,” f. 313; Gill, “Champ. Icon.” 
Exs.—Thum., “ Fung. Aus.,” 313. ; 
In woods and bushy places, chiefly in a sandy soil, 
Spring. Esculent. Colour whitish pallid; when dry 
straw-coloured, or pale yellow. 
Name—Rotundus, round; from the round pileus. 
Langholm, in Eskdale; Lugton Wood, near Dalkeith 
(Lightfoot). Banks of the river Almond at Foxhall (Capt. 
Wauch). North Wootton, Norfolk! (Mr. C. B. Plow- 
right). Near Chislehurst (Mr. F. Currey). 
2. Morchella conica. Pers. 
Pileus conical, terete, oblong, adnate at the base; 
primary ribs longitudinal, obtuse, secondary forming 
transverse folds ; pits elongated, narrow, plicato-lacunose ; 
stem subterete, cylindrical, whitish; asci cylindrical ; 
sporidia elliptic, slightly oval, 20 x 12u; paraphyses 
enlarged upwards. 
Morchella esculenta, 8 conica—Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” 
ii. 7. Morchella conica—Pers., “Comest.,” 257; Barla, 
t. 42, f. 8-10; Favre-Guill, 49; Kromb., t 16, f. 7-10; 
Sv., “Bot.” t. 258; Cooke, “Mycogr.,” f. 315; Gill, 
“Champ.,” p. 17, c i; Pat, p. 69, £ 160. Morchella 
ceracea—Kromb., t. 16, f. 11,12. Morchella continua— 
Tratt., “Austr.” t. 6, f11. Morchella rigida—Kromb., 
t. 16, f. 13, t. 17, f 1-2; Quelet, “Champ.,” pt. i. p. 381. 
Morchella acumimata—Kickx.; Gill, “Champ.,” p. 17, 
ei. 
_ re the ground. Esculent. Three to four inches 
igh. 
Name—Conus, a cone; from the cone-shaped pileus, 
Woods at Westbury, near Bristol (Mr. C. E. Broome). 
Near Mansfield, Notts. (Mr. F. Currey). Sluie, Scotland 
(Rev. Dr. Jas. Keith). Forres, Scotland (Dr. M. C. Cooke), 
