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1354. Morchella conica. Pers. Cooke Myco. t. 81,/ 315. 
Saco. Syll. vm., 10. 
Capitulum oblong-conic, adnate at the base, primary ribs longi- 
tudinal, somewhat parallel, edge obtuse, the secondary transverse 
and fold-like ; asci cylindrical. Sporidia broadly ellipsoid, 20- 
22 x 12-15 g. 
In shady places. Victoria. S. Australia. Tasmania. (Fig. 
139.) 
1355. Morcliella deliciosa. Fr. S. M. ii., 8. Cooke Myco. 
f. 320. Sacc. Syll. vm., 13. 
Capitulum subcylindvical (2^-3 c.m. long), acute, livid 
yellowish, base adnate, ribs longitudinal, firm, connected by 
transverse folds, stem even ; asci cylindrical. Sporidia broadly 
ellipsoid, 20x10-11 g. 
In grassy places. Victoria. 
## Pileus free at the margin. 
1356. Morcliella semilibera. DC. Cooke Myco. <.85,/. 
321. =M. hybrida. Pers. Sacc. Syll. 23. 
Capitulum conical, free to the middle, ribs longitudinal, joined 
by transverse veins forming oblong pits ; stem even (6-10 c.m. x 
12 m.m.) ; asci cylindrical, sporidia ellipsoid, 22-24x12-14 g. 
In grassy places. Victoria. N.S. Wales. 
Genus 6. HEEVELEA. Linn. 
Pileate, waxy membranaceous, with a central stem, inflated, 
concave beneath, equal or a little undulate above, hymenium 
covering the upper surface ; sporidia continuous, hyaline. 
1357. Helvella monachella. Scop. Fr. Sys. Myc. ii., 18. 
Cooke Myco. f. 335. Sacc. Syll. vm., 62. 
Capitulum deflexed, lobed, adnate, somewhat bay-brown ; stem 
hollow, even, smooth, white (2^x1 c.m.); asci cylindrical; 
sporidia ellipsoid, 18x10 g. 
In woods. Tasmania. (Fig. 140.) 
Genus 7. MITRULA. Fries. 
Fungi globose or ovate, or cylindrically clavate, everywhere 
fertile, stipitate, brightly coloured ; sporidia oblong-fusoid, con- 
tinuous, hyaline. 
1358. Mitrula vinosa. Berk FI. Tasm., f. 273. Cooke 
Myco. t. 46,/ 181. Sacc. Syll. 1 1 8. 
Vinous purple, slender, linear-clavate ; stem filiform, straight, 
smooth ; asci subclavate ; sporidia linear-oblong, minute, curved, 
8-9x3 g. 
On rotten wood. Tasmania. (Fig. 141.) 
Genus 8. LEOTIA. Fries. 
Fungi capitate, rather tremelloid, with a central stem, 
hymenium spread equally over the capitulum ; sporidia elliptical- 
oblong, continuous, hyaline. 
