Anderson & Ickis: Massachusetts Species of Helvella 207 



Afz., and H. ephippium Lev. It has been customary for my- 

 cological writers to speak of Frost's collections as being from 

 Massachusetts. Frost, however, did not live in Massachusetts 

 and most of his collections were made near his home in Brattle- 

 boro, Vt. In the first and second volumes of the bulletins of 

 the Bussey Institute 1 875-1 900, Farlow published two long lists 

 of fungi found in the vicinity of Boston. In these lists however, 

 no species of Helvella were mentioned unless we wish to con- 

 sider Peziza macropus Pers. as a Helvella. Underwood, in his 

 paper " On the Distribution of the North American Helvellales " 

 adds nothing to the above list except the interesting fact that he 

 himself had collected' H. elastica in this state. In the Peabody 

 Museum at Salem, Massachusetts, there are a large number of 

 water-color drawings of fungi by George E. Morris of Waltham, 

 Mass. The locality of collection is indicated under each drawing. 

 The species of Helvella which he illustrated from collections in 

 this state were: H. crispa, H. ephippium, H. lacunosa, H. M011- 

 achella, H. macropus, and H. macropus var. brevis Pk. The 

 last named variety was described by Peck (Bui. Tor. Club 29: 

 74) from specimens sent to him by Morris. 



SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT 

 Helvella Fr. Sys. Myc. 2: 13. 1823 



Boleto-lichen Jus. Mem. Ac. Sc. Paris. 1728, p. 268. 

 Fungoides, Sect. Fungoidea fungiformia Mich. N. PI. Gen. p. 



204. 1729. 

 Elvela L. Gen. PI. (Ed. I), p. 327. 1737. 

 Elvela L. Sp. pi. (Ed. I), p. 1180. 1753. 

 Elvela Gled. (pars). Meth. fung., p. 36. 1753. 

 Elvella L. Fl. suec. (Ed. II), p. 456. 1755. 

 Boletus Batt. (pars). Fung. arim. hist., p. 23. 1759. 

 Helvella L. Sp. pi. (Ed. II), p. 1649. J 7^3- 

 Phallus Scop. (pars). Fl. Carn. 2: 473. 1772. 

 Leptopodia Boud. Bui. Soc. Myc. Fr. 1: 99. 1885. 



Fries' description of the genus. Receptaculum pileatum, cen- 

 tro sufrultum, deflexum, subinflatum, sinuosum, subtus concavum 

 sterile, supra margineque hymenio tectum. Hymenium laeve, 



