MORCHELLA. 5 
Var. a deliciosa. Fries. 
Pileus subcylindrical, acute; stem short; paraphyses 
slender. 
Morchella, deliciosa—Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. 8; Cooke 
in “Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin.,” x. pp. 440; “ Mycogr.,” f. 320; 
Kromb., t. xvi. f. 17-19; Quelet, “Champs.,” pt. i. p. 381; 
Gill, “ Champ.,” p.16,¢.i. Fungus cavernosus—Weinm., 
“ Herb.,” t. 553, f. 1. Morchella crispa—Kromb., “Schw.,” 
t. 5, £25, 26. Vitt., “Mang.,.” t. xiv. fi 6. 
Exs.—M. costata—Kze. and Schm., No. 193. 
In grassy places. Spring. Esculent. 
Name—From the French delicieuwse, on account of its 
flavour. 
Kinburn, St. Andrews, 1878 (Rev. M. L. Anderson). 
3. Morchella crassipes. Pers. 
Pileus subconical, brown, adnate at the base; ribs 
irregularly undulating, thick; pits large, variable in 
form, deep, the bottom celluloso-plicate ; stem large, tall, 
incrassated at the base, lacunose, glabrous, somewhat flesh- 
coloured ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, elliptic, yellowish, 
24 X 124; paraphyses barely enlarged upwards. 
Morchella crassipes—Pers. “Syn. Fung.,” p. 621; 
Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” 11. 9; Cooke, “ Handbk.,” No. 1939 ; 
Kromb., “Schw.,” t. 16, f. 1; Harzer, t. 78; Barla, t. 42, 
f. 11; Cooke, “ Mycogr.,” fig. 319; Gill, “Champ.,” p. 16, 
e. i. Phallus crassipes—Ventenant, p. 509, f. 2. 
On the ground. Spring. Esculent. Attaining a 
height of 12 inches. 
Name—Crassus, thick, pes, a foot ; thick stemmed. 
Kingskerswell, near Newton Abbot, Devonshire 
(Miss L. C. Lott). Brockley Combe, near Bristol (Mr. C. 
Bucknall). Castle Rising, Norfolk ! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). 
4. Morchella Smithiana. Cooke. 
Pileus subglobose, tawny, adnate at the base; ribs 
irregular, undulating, thick ; pits polymorphous, deep, 
