1014 
CRYPTOGAMIA. 
Class XXIV. 
16185 glabrum Pers. 
16186 viscosura Pers. 
16187 viriJe Pers. 
smooth gregario. 
viscid cylindric. 
green gregario. 
2382. SPATULA'RIA. Pers. Spatularia. 
16188 flavida Pers. yellowish variable 
2-m Ml'TRULA. Fries. Mitrula, 
palud6sa Fries. marshy 
sum. 
aut. 
aut. 
Blsh 
Bl 
G 
among grass 
moist meadows 
moist meadows 
Sp. 1. 
1| aut. 
Clavaria Sow. 
Ysh dead leaves 
Bolton, t. 111. fl. f. 2 
Greville crypt, fl. t. 55 
Greville crypt. 211 
Greville crypt. 165 
16190 minuta Fries minute 
16191 abietis Fries fir- wood 
Leotia mitrula Grev. 81 
Sp. 1 — 5. Clavaria Sow. Leotia Pers. 
hollow 1 my.au. Y wet ditches Sowerby, t. 293 
gregario. | sum. Y brac.of Dips, pilos. Sowerby, t. 391 
dry I aut. Cinn. fir woods Sow. t. 8i. ferruginea 
2384. TY'PHULA. iv7es. Typhula. 5p.4— li. Clavaria Sow. 
16192 phacorhiza Fr. tuberous flexuo«e 2 aut. W woods Sowerby, t. 253 
16193 erythropus i^r. red-footed gregario. | aut. W sticks and leaves Gre. cry. 43. P/iacorhiza 
16194 tenuis Fr. thin gregario. ^ sum. Blsh on wood Sowerby, t. 386. f. 5 
16195 filifor'mis Fr. filiform creeping 5 aut. Cin. dead leaves Gre. cry.93. Phacorhiza 
2385. PISTILLA'RIA. Fries. Pistillaria. 
16196 quisquiliaris Fr. obtuse gregario. 
Sp. 1—7. 
^ aut. 
Clavaria Sow. 
dead fern leaves 
Sow. t. 334. f. 1. obtusa 
Class II. Uterini v. Elvellace^. — Division 1. Mitrati. 
2386. MORCHEL'LA. 
16197 esculenta Pers. 
et, rotunda Pers. 
/3 vulf^dris Pers. 
16198 patula Per^i. 
16199 semilibera Deu. 
Dill. Morel. 
esculent eatable 
round eatable 
common eatable 
spreading eatable 
Sp. 3—14. 
spring Wsh on the earth 
spring Wsh 
spring Wsh 
;pring Ysh 
half-separate cap brown 4 spring Wsh 
on the earth 
on the earth 
on the earth 
woods 
Greville crypt. 68 
Sow. t. 51. fig. sinistr. 
Sower, t. 51. fig. dextr. 
Sower, t. 51. fig. med. 
Grev. crypt. 89. hyhrida 
2387. HELVEL'LA. L. Helvella. 
16200 crispa Fr. 
16201 lacunosa Afx. 
16202 esculenta Pers. 
16203 In'fula Schceff. 
crisp 
pitied 
esculent 
brown 
Sp. 5—15. 
solitary 4 aut. Ysh borders of fields Gre. cry. 143. leucophcea 
solitary 4 aut. Livid hedge banks Grev.crypt.fl.t.36.iVr/fra 
eatable 3 mr. my Brsh pine woods SchasfFer, t. 160 
eatable 4 aut. Cinn. damp scorch, places Flora danica, t. 835 
16204 elastica Fr. elastic slender 4 su. aut. Blsh damp places Sower. 1. 154. /w^/^/wo^a 
2388. VER'PA. Svoz. Verpa. Sp 1—6. 
16205 conica Swx. conical fistular 3 aut. Br on ground Sowerby, t. 11. Relhani 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
2382. Spatularia. A very distinct genus, named from its spatulatt form. The only species known is an 
autumnal epiphyte, common on fallen leaves, decaying mosses, &c. lis color is at first pallid ; afterwards it 
becomes yellow and ferruginous : but the stipes retains its paler color. It is found in plantations in various 
parts of England. In a state of perfect maturity, the head, on being touched, throws up its sporules in the 
form of smoke, which rises with elastic force, and glitters in the sunshine like particles of silver. 
2383. Mitrula. So called from its mitrate form. The species are small epiphytes with a simple stem. 
2-384. Typhula. A diminution of Typha, a well-known marsh plant, the heads of fructification of which 
this genus resembles in miniature. All the species are delicate, and are found upon decayed leaves, or even 
occasionally upon Sclerotias. 
2385. Pistillaria. So called from its /)«s</!/-like form. The species are all small, delicate epiphytes, appearing 
in the autumn. 
2386. Morchella. A name altered by Dillenius from Morchel, the German name of the plant. Fungi of a 
large size, appearing in the spring upon the earth. The eatable morel is one of the most valuable of fungi for 
purposes of cookery ; but is more frequently used in a dried state for sauces, than when fresh. It is found in 
greatest abundance in places where trees have been burned, which led in Germany to a practice of burning 
down masses of forests for the sake of the future morels. This practice proved so injurious, that it became 
necessary to suppress it by law. The morel is subject to many variations of figure and color, which are all 
referable to four principal forms. But there are also some legitimate species which have been distinguished 
by modern botanists. Of these it is not ascertained which are natives of England ; but it is probable, that they 
are all to be found if sufficiently sought for. Without, therefore, absolutely inserting them in the list of 
British species, it cannot be otherwise than useful, considering the importance of an accurate knowledge of the 
eatable fungi, to enumerate the two principal in this place. 
1. M. Deliciosa is found in the spring, among grass and bushes by the sides of fields in France, and is said 
to be much superior in flavor to the M. esculenta. Its stipes is hollow, and shorter than the pileus, scarcely 
ever so much as an inch long, about three or four lines thick, nearly equal in the whole length, but sometimes 
thickened and compressed at the base ; under a lens covered with a slight downiness. Pileus is conical-cylin- 
drical, from one inch to two inches and an half long, with nearly parallel ribs, which can scarcely be said to 
