GREEN LAVER.* MORELL. 
bacco. In Scotland it is occasionally used as a medi- 
cine, and it is supposed to sweeten the breath and de- 
stroy worms. 
292. GREEN or EDIBLE LAYER (Ulva lactuca) is a 
thin, membranous, pellucid, and green vegetable substance, 
which is found on rocks, stones, and shells, in the sea and 
salt-water ditches in nearly all parts of Great Britain. 
Of late years this plant, stewed with lemon juice, 
has been introduced to the tables of the luxurious, as 
a sauce to be eaten with roast meat. Though in a 
recent state it has a salt and bitterish flavour, and even 
when thus prepared is not always relished at first, yet 
by habit most persons become partial to it. The laver 
which is consumed in London is chiefly prepared in 
the west of England, and packed in pots in a state 
ready for the table. Some persons use laver medicinally, 
and it is esteemed wholesome for scrofulous habits ; 
but it can scarcely be taken in sufficient quantity to do 
much good, without having too strong an effect on the 
bowels. 
293. The MORELL (Phallus esculentus, Fig. 84) is a 
kind of fungus with a naked and ivrinkled stem, and an egg- 
shaped head, full of cells on its external surface. 
As an ingredient for thickening and heightening the 
flavour of sauces and soups, morells, which are chiefly 
found in woods and hedges in a loamy soil, are in 
great esteem. For this purpose, after they are gathered, 
they are strung upon pack-thread to be dried; and, 
when dry, they may be kept without injury for many 
months. 
In Germany, the persons employed in gathering 
morells found that they always grew most abundantly 
in woods that had been burnt : and, with a view of pro- 
moting their increase, they were accustomed to set fire 
to the woods, until this practice was prohibited by the 
Government. Useful and palatable as these plants are, 
it has been ascertained that, if gathered after having 
