Micological Flora. 34 1 



MORCHELLA. Dill. 



628. MORCHELLA CRASSIPES. Pers. 

 "Gigantic Morel." 



Our plant is not so tall as the book descriptions, which 

 make 9 inches or more. Ours is 6 or 7 inches high. 

 In woods. May. Esculent. 



629. MORCHELLA PATULA. Pers. 

 "Spreading Morel." 



Obtusely conic, pits irregular, stem ij^ to 2 inches high, 

 even, sometimes with an undulated exterior, thick, hollow. 

 In woods. May. Not common. 



GEOGLOSSUM. P. 



630. GEOGLOSSUM ALBUS. 11. Sp . 

 White Geoglossum. 



Fasciculate or solitary, smooth; clubs cylindrical, conflu- 

 ent with the stem; stem abruptly black, shading to green- 

 ish white; hymenium smooth, white; spores white, oblong, 

 3/80 of an inch long. 



Plant y 2 to 2 inches high. On ground and decayed wood, 

 in woods. May, 



PEZIZA. Linn. 



631. Peziza radula. B. & Br. 

 "Black warted Peziza." 



Cup depressed, sessile, ^ to 1 inch in breadth, dark 

 brown or black, covered with small warts on its upper sur- 

 face, amidst whieh the asci are seen. Very brittle. Be- 

 neath silver maple trees on my lawn. July. 



632. Peziza argillacea. Sow, 

 "Clay Peziza." 



Our plant is dusky, or brownish, or slightly yellow within 

 the cup, dirty white externally. 



