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The Museum Gazette 



It occurs on the ground, in woods and under hedges, in 

 spring and autumn, and is very variable in size, usually about 

 three inches high. 



The Thimble Finger (Vevpa digitaliformis) consists of an 

 umber-brown cap, three-quarter inch high, surmounting a 

 pinkish stem (three inches) in the same manner as a thimble 

 on a finger. It may be found in hedgerows and under shrubs 

 in gardens. 



The common Morel (Morchella esculenta) is a well known 

 vernal fungus, esteemed by mycophagists as a great delicacy. 



The Morels (there are five British species) are easily 

 recognised by the peculiar ribs which cover the surface of 

 the cap in a more or less polygonal manner. In the Common 

 Morel the pileus at its base is joined to the stem, which is 

 whitish, and usually hollow. It is a frequent species on 

 limestone soils, and has a predilection for the neighbourhood 

 of elm trees. Very excellent coloured figures, by far the best 

 we have seen, of many of the ascomycetes noted above, are 

 contained in the " Nouvel Atlas de Poches des Champignons," 

 par Paul Dumee, published by M. Paul Klincksieck, 3 Rue 

 Corneille, Paris. Price 5s. 



The following flowers may be found in April, also the 

 majority of those alluded to in our Seasonal Notes of the past 

 three months : Cuckoo Pint, Wood Crowfoot, Dove's Foot, 

 Crane's Bill, Spring Vetch, Chervil or Cow Parsley, Mos- 

 chatel, Ash, Toothwort, Ivy-leaved Speedwell, Germander 

 Speedwell, Vernal Speedwell, Ground Ivy, Wood Spurge, 

 Beech, Box, Oak, Larch, Hornbeam, Sweet Violet, Dog 

 Violet, Periwinkle, Early Orchis, and various species of 

 Willows and Poplars. 



March is the month il when rosy plumelets tuft the larch." 

 Two or three were to be seen last year on a tree near Hasle- 

 mere Church on March 9, but they are more abundant late 

 in the month, and are at their best in April. The "rosy 



