VERPA. 19 
Name—igirmoc, belonging to a horse; from the 
saddle-shaped pileus. 
King’s Cliffe and Apethorpe (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). 
Near Bristol (Mr. C. E. Broome). Sufton Court, Here- 
fordshire ! Thuxton, Herefordshire! Wrekin, Salop ! Coed’ 
Coch, North Wales. 
Genus IV.—VErRpPA. Swartz. 
Receptacle clavato-pileate, supported in the centre, 
equally deflexed all round, conical, concave beneath, 
free, entirely clothed above with the hymenium; hyme- 
nium even or wrinkled, not ribbed, persistent; substance 
fleshy—membranaceous; stem always present, hollow, 
nearly distinct from the pileus ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 
8, elliptic; paraphyses filiform. (Plate I. fig, 4.) 
The pileus in this genus is conical, neither inflated 
nor lobate, nearly even, with the margin pressed to the 
stem, but free (Cooke, “ Mycogr.,” p. 215). 
Name—Verpa, a Latin word synonymous with 
padre. 
Three species .. oe oe oe oe -. 1-3 
Key To THE SPECIES. 
Pileus obtuse at the summit .. oe oe +. digitaliformis. 
Pileus subacute at the summit 2 ga ad 
1 Stem yellow, equal... Ki we we e. coniea. 
. (Stem rufus, ventricose .. . oe a -.  rufipes. 
1. Verpa digitaliformis. Pers. 
Pileus campanulate, finger-shaped, rugulose, umber ; 
stem equal, transversely squamulose; asci cylindrical ; 
sporidia 8, elliptic, 283—25 x 20u; paraphyses septate, 
clavate above, brown, granular within. 
Verpa digitaliformis—Pers., “ Myco. Eur.,” 202, t. 7, 
f. 1-8; Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. 24; Cooke, “Handbk.,” 
No. 1949; “Mycogr.,” fig. 364; Berk., “Outl,” t. 21, f. 6; 
Corda in Sturm., “Flo.” t. 7, £6; Payer, fig. 380; Vitt., 
Mang,,” t. 15, f. 1-3; Barla, t. 44, f. 1-6; Quelet, “Champ.,” 
pt. i. p. 880; Gill. “Champ.,” p. 20, ¢ i. 
