12 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
No. 1943; “Mycogr.,” fig. 160; Weberb., t. 5, f 2; Lenz 
fig. 58; Barla, t. 43, f. 6-11; Quelet, “ Champ.,” pt. i 
p. 888; Gill, “Champ.,” p. 10, c i; Pat, p. 120, f. 271 
A. mitra—-Bull, t. 190, t. 466, f. B; Grev., t. 36. H 
nigra—Berg., “Phyt.” t. 147. Elvella mitra— Flo. 
Dan.,” t. 116. FE. nigricans—Scheeff., “Icon.,” t. 154. 
_ Exs.—“Erb. Crit. Ital,” i. 465; Welw., “Crypt. 
Lusit.,” 56; Berk., “ Brit. Fung.,” No. 265; Fekl., “ F. Rh.,” 
No. 1241; Rabh., “Fung. Eur.,” 1810. 
On the ground in woods, especially on burnt soil 
Spring and autumn. Esculent. 
Differs from the preceding, for a variety of which if 
may easily be taken, by the more regular pileus, 2 to 4 
lobed, scarcely laciniate, lobes later becoming free, and 
especially by the colour. The stature generally smaller, 
afterwards becomes equally as tall as Helvella mitra, g. 
pratensis A.and 8. Although, therefore, acute characters 
are wanting in nature, it is constant; it is also inferior 
in cooking (Fries, 0. ¢.). 
Name—Lacunosus, full of holes; from the pitted 
pileus. 
Edgbaston (Withering). Edinburgh (Dr. Greville). 
Near Hereford! General Cemetery, Shrewsbury ! King’s 
Cliffe (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). Bungay (D. Stock). North 
of Ireland (Templeton). Around Carlisle (Dr. Carlyle). 
Hitchin (Prof. Henslow). Reading and Epping Forest, 
where it is plentiful and very fine (Dr. M. C. Cooke). 
Haw Wood, near Bristol (Mr. C. Bucknall). Castle 
Rising and Sandringham, Norfolk ! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). 
3. Helvella sulcata. Afz. 
Pileus deflexed, lobed, adnate ; stem stuffed, furrowed 
with equal ribs; asci cylindrical; sporidia elliptic, uni- 
guttulate, 20 x 10—12u; paraphyses linear, septate, 
thickened and brown above. 
Helvella sulcata—Afz. in “Vet. Ac. Handbk.,” 1783 
p. 304; B. and Br. “Ann. Nat. Hist.” No. 764, 1152: 
Cooke, “Handbk.,” No. 1946 ; “ Mycogr.,” fig. 161 ; Fries, 
“Sys. Myco.,” ii, 15; Quelet, “Champ.,” pt. i. p. 383 ; 
