6 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
plicate at the bottom ; stem large, tall, thickened at the 
base, hollow, attenuated upwards, sulcate, tomentose, 
white or flesh-coloured ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia elliptic, 
even, 17—20 X 8—lln; paraphyses slightly thickened 
above. 
In a hedgerow. Spring. Esculent. 
Morchella Smithiana—Cooke, “ Mycogr.,” fig. 318 ; 
“Qrevillea,” xii. 98. Morchella crassipes—Smith in 
Journal of Botany, 1868, t. 73. 
A fine, handsome species, reaching a height of 12 and 
a diameter of 7 inches. 
Name—After Mr. Worthington G. Smith. 
Kingerswell, Devon (W. G. Smith). Terrington St. 
Clements (C. B. Plowright). Malton, Yorkshire (Capt. 
Taylor). 
B. PILEUS FREE AT THE BASE, 
5. Morchella gigas. Pers. 
-Pileus conical, free at the base, which is somewhat 
undulate; ribs longitudinal, anastomosing; pits large, 
elongated, lacunose within; stem stout, long, enlarged 
downwards, sulcate, dirty white, covered with ferruginous 
squamules, hollow; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, elliptic, 
22—27 X 12—16u; paraphyses stout, septate, thickened 
at the summit. 
Movrchella gigas—Pers., “Syn. Fung.,” p. 619; Fries, 
“Sys. Myco.,” 11. p. 11 ; Cooke, “ Mycogr.,” fig. 328; B. and 
Br., “Ann. Nat. Hist.,” No. 1921. Phallus squamosus— 
Ventenant, p. 511. Phallus gigas—Batsch, “EL,” 131. 
Phaloboletus esculentus—Mich., “ Gen.,” t.84,f.1. Verpa 
speciosa—Vitt., “ Mang.,” t. 15, £. 6,7. Morchella patula 
—Tratt., “Essb. Schw.,” 173, t. Fr. Mitrophora gigas 
—Lev., “Ann. Sc. Nat.,” 1846, p. 250; Gill, “Champ.,” 
p. 19, 1. ; 
Exs.—Fckl., “ F. Rh.,” 2089. 
On the earth in sandy places. Spring. 
A large species, attaining a height of 8 inches; the 
pileus is smoky brown, with prominent longitudinal ribs, 
