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Helvella caryophyllea Hist. 173.

Clove coloured Helvella.

This plant varies in colour from a
dark brown orange to a Clove.  It grows
about the roots of firtrees in close dark
moist plantations, it is at all times
soft flexible and tender and is of short
duration.  The surface is soft and hairy
and the concentric dark circles are in
some plants much more conspicuous
than in others.
        