HELVELLA. 13 
Gill, “ Champ.,” p. 10, ¢. i; Pat., p. 121, £272. H. mona- 
chella—Thum., “ Fung. Aus.,” No. 11. 
Exs.—Thum., “ Fung. Aus.,” No. 11; Roumg., “ Fung. 
Gal.,” 1209. 
On the ground in woods. Autumn. Esculent? 
Solitary, rarely gregarious, totally glabrous, certainly 
distinct from the preceding. Stem stuffed, 2 inches long, 
4 to 5 lines thick, terete, attenuated upwards, ploughed by 
deep longitudinal furrows; ribs slender, solid, not lacunoso- 
fistulose, as in the preceding; pileus deflexed, equally 
2 to 3 lobed, compressed, even, when dry darker, sides of 
the interior adnate to the stem (Fries, J. ¢.). 
Name—Sulcatus, made in furrows; from the furrowed 
ileus. 
: Andover (B. and Br., “Ann. Nat. Hist.,” No. 764). 
Glamis, Scotland (Rev. J. Stevenson). Bowwood (Mr. 
C. E. Broome). Near Hereford! New Pitsligo, Scotland 
(Rev. J. Fergusson). Kew Gardens (Dr. M. C. Cooke), 
4. Helvella subcostata. Cooke. 
Pileus deflexed, free, sublobate, even, the under side 
paler, ribbed, and veined; stem equal, longitudinally 
ribbed; asci cylindrical; sporidia elliptic, obtuse, uniguttu- 
late, 18—20 x 10u; paraphysesthickened and brown above. 
Helvella costata—Afz. in “Herb. Berk.” (non 
Schweinitz). 
_ Pileus 24 inches broad; stem 23 inches long. The 
under side of the pileus has branching ribs, and is quite 
free from the stem. 
Name—Sub, somewhat, costatus, ribbed; from the 
somewhat ribbed pileus. 
Glamis, Hunter’s Hill (Rev. J. Stevenson). Andover 
(1856, “ Herb. Berk.”). 
B. STEM STOUT, NEARLY EVEN. 
5. Helvella infula. Scheff. 
Pileus lobate, deflexed, even; margin adhering very 
closely to the stem, at length undulate, subcinnamo- 
