H E L V E L L A M it r a .
Mitra-like Helvella.
Sb
C l a s s a n d O k d e h CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, £ r a n .— N A T . OnB. FUNGI, Juss. & c .
generic character.
Pileus submembranaceus, stipitatus, subdifformis, tdrìnquè Icevis, latei-ibus de-
Jlexis; cellulis elongaiis sporuliferis in pagina superiore.
Cap furnished with a stem, submembranaceous, irregular in form, smooth
on each surface, deflexed at the sides, and bearing elongated sporuliferous
cells on the superior surface.
SPECIFIC character.
H elvella Mitra ; píleo livido, infialo, stipite plus minusve aditalo, rarissime demum
libero ; stìpite sulcato-lacunoso, pallido.
H. cap livid, inflated, more or less adnate with the stem, at length very
rarely free ; stem furrowed and lacunose, whitish.
H e lv e l l a Mitra, Linn. Sp. PI. 1649— Bull, p- 208. t. I 90. et 466.— Pers,
Syn. Fung. p. 6 l5 .—De Cand. Fl. Franç. v. 2. p. 94.—Fjusd. Syn. p. I 9.—
Alb. et Schw. p. 298— Huds. Fl. Angl. v. 2 . p. 632.—Lighif. Fl. Scot. v. 2 .
p. 1047. (excl. var. g.)— With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 406. (excl. Syn. Sow.
t. 39.)— B.elh. Fl. Cant. ed. 3. p. 550.— Nees’ Syst. t. 18. f. 16 3 Hook.
Fl. Scot. Pt. 2. p. 31. {excl. Syn. Sow. t. 39.)—Purt. Midi. Fl. v. 3. p. 255.
& 451. t. 16. {central fig . ?)—Crev. Fl. Edin. ined.
H elvella lacunosa, Holmsk. v. 2. p. 45. t. 24.
H elvella sulcata, Willd. Berol. p. 308. (fidejPers.)
E lvella Mitra, OEder. Fl. Dan. t. 116.
E lvella nigricans, Schæjf. t. 154.
E l v e l l a monacella, Schæjf. t. 16 2 .
F üngus terrestris, pedículo striato, &c. Bail, Syn. 8. No. 3g.
F üngoides fungiforme, &c. Mieli, p. 204. t. 86. f. 7.
H ab. On the ground, in shady places, among grass. Foxhall, Captain
Wauch. Balmuto ,• Millburn ; Abercorn Park, Duddingston ; all near
Edinburgh.—Near Bungay, Mr W oodward. A t Fdgebaston, W ith e r ing.
Not common cither in England or Scotland. Autumn.
P ikus membranaceous, thin, smooth on both sides, o f dilferent shades of
colour, b u t mostly dark and livid, inflated, partially adnate with the stem,
irregular in form, but, when young, always more or less deflexed at the
sides, and, from being thus folded down, two or three prominent ascend-
ing lobes are formed, which often bear a resemblance to a Bishop’s Mitre,
whence the specific name. Stem 2-6 inches high, | - l - i inches thick,
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