Genus Morchella 
GENUS GYROMITRA 
The genus Gyromitra contains seven species. These have 
the ascomata distinctly stalked, and the upper surface covered 
with gyrose folds. The largest spore-sac fungi belong in this 
genus. 
Gyromitra esculenta (Edible) 
Capg—Bay red, round, lobed, irregular, 
gyrose-wrinkled, attached to the 
stem in several places. Hollow, 
white, and uneven within. 
Stem—Whitish, hollow, scurfy. Two or 
more inches long. 
Flesh—Edible only when young and 
freshly gathered. 
Habitat—In sandy soil, during the wet 
weather of May and June. 
G. esculenta 
GENUS MORCHELLA 
The genus Morchella has the 
cap covered with a network of blunt 
ridges enclosing irregular depressed 
spaces. The spore-sacs are devel- 
oped in both ridges and depressions. 
All the species when young are 
of a buff yellow tinged 
with brown, but later 
they are darker. The 
stems are rather stout 
and hollow, white or 
whitish in some spe- 
cies, and attached to 
the cap at the apex 
only ; but in others, 
M. deliciosa . 
Section to show margin of the cap attached to the rim 
united to the stem. as well. All thespecies mM. esculenta 
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