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TJIE LARGER FUNGI 
Pors. and M. escnl('nta\ Pers. have the pits on the capitulum irregular in sliape, 
not much if at all longer than broad, M. crassipes differing in having the 
stout stem inucli longer than the pileus. M. data Fr. and M. coniaa Pers. have 
more or less parallel longitudinal ribs eonneeted by slender transverse bars so 
as to give lise to elongated cells; in' M. elata, the plants are large (pileus 2 to 
din., 5 to 7 cm.; stem 2i to 3:}in., (i to 8 cm.), the longitudinal ribs rarely 
bifurcate or anastomose, and the stem is lacunose and furfuraeeous; in 
M. coniea. of which M. delioiosa Fr. may be a form, the plants are smaller 
(pileus 11 to din., 4 to 7 cm.; stem i to li-in., 1.5 to 3 cm.), the stem usually 
shorter than the cap, the irregular longitudinal ribs often fork and anastomose, 
and the stem is minutely villose and not furfuraeeous. 
5(13. Morchella conica Pers. (L., oonicus, conical). — Pileus f to llin. (1.5 to 
3.7 cm.), l:|in. (3.1 cm.) wide, broadly conical, vertical ribs with irregular 
crossdiars, tlie cells up to jin. (0 mm.j diameter, cells paler than Saccardo’s 
Umber (xxtx.), the edges »f the bars much darker. Stem 11 to din. 
(3.7 to 7.5 cm.), lin. ( 2.5 cm.) thick, markedly hollow, granular, waxy yellow 
(Light Buff, XV.). Asci 165 x 18 spores oval, 22.5 to 25 x 12.5 to 15 /r. 
South Australia — Mount Lofty, near Mylor. Europe, etc. September, October. 
[Photo, by Profi’ff.'^or T. G. B. Od)orn. 
Figure 73 . — Morchella delinosa Fr. (See under No. 563). 
Gorge near Port Germein. Slightly reduced. 
The following which Dr. C. (4. Lloyd diagnosed as “M. delioiosa, if not the 
voung of some other species,” is probably M. eonioa, of which M. delioiosa Fr. 
seems a form. Dr. Lloyd gives figures of M. delioiosa and other species in 
Mycological Notes, No. 70, September 1023, figures 2507 to 2512. Total 
height up to 2|in. (6.2 cm.) or more. Pileus l|in. (4.3 cm.), conical, lin. 
(2.5 cm.) broad ])elow the middle, slightly contracted below, gradually tapering 
to the apex, apex somewhat acute, adnate below or witli a slight sulcus, 
Chaetura Drab (xLvr.), primary ribs irregularly parallel, more or less branch- 
ing and anastomosing, secondary ribs irregularly transverse, sometimes as folds, 
sometimes as ])artitions, gi\ing rise to numerous small irregular fossae, about 
-Jin. (3.5 mm.) in diameter, between the longitudinal folds. Stem Jin. (1.8 cm.), 
short, -lin. (1.2 cm.) thick at the base, slightly contracted above, pruinose, white. 
Flesh up to -]in. ((> mm.) thick. Asci about 190 x 16 spores elliptical, white, 
12.5 X 6.3 fi. (: immature). Amongst grass. Gorge near Port Germein. August. 
(Figure 73.) 
564. Morchella elata Fr. (L., elatus, tall). — Pileus 3in. (7.5 cm.), 21in. 
(6.2 cm.) wide at the base, conical, uniformly diminishing to a slightly blunt 
a])ex, lower border adnate, longitudinal ribs almost blackish brown, 2 to 3 mm. 
high, slightly irregular, sometimes rugose or furrowed, connected by transverse 
