MORCHELLA e s c u l e n t a .
Round-headed Morell.
CiASiS AND O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, T i™ .— N a t . O r o . FUNGI,
Link, Grev.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus stipitatus, lacumsus, undiqiie hymenio tectus, cum stqnte confluens.
Pileus stipitate, lacunose, confluent with the stem, the surface wholly occupied
by the hymenium.
S PE C IF IC CHARACTER.
M orchella e sculenta; pileus ovato-rotundatus, basi adnatus, areolis profundis;
stipite loevi albido.
M. pileus ovate-roundish, adnate at the base, the areolæ deep; stipes smooth,
white.
Morchella esculenta, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 618. et Mycol. Europ. v. 1. p. 206.
—Be Cand. FI. Franç. ed. 3. v. 2. p. ^13.—Ejusd. Syn. p. 43 Trait, Essb.
Schw. p. 168. t. EE.—Alb. et Schwein, p. SOO.i-Schrveiu. Fung. Carol.
Sup. No. U%5.— Gray's Nat. Arr. v. 1 . p. GQl.—Hook. FI. Scot. 2. p. 31.
—Grev. Esctd. Fung, in Wern. Trans, v. 4. No. 24.—K. Edin. ined.
H elvella esculenta. Sow. Fung. t. 51. Jig. sinist Purt. Midi. FI. v. 2. p. 679-
( non alior. auct.)
P hallus esculentus, Linn. FI. Suec. 1262— Np. PI. iQtë.—SchoeJf. Fung.
t. 199- 298, 299, 300.—Huds. FI. Angl. 2. p. 629.—Bull. Champ, p. 273.
t. 118.—Bolt. Fung. t. 9 1 .—Poll. Pall. 3. p. SOL— With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6.
V. 4. p. 428— Light/. FI. Scot. V. 2. p. 1043.— Äe/Ä. FI. Cantab, ed. 3. p. ,56l.
H elvella Phalloïdes, A/z. Obs. p. b.Jlde Fries.
Boletus esculentus, rugosus, amplior e t orbicularis, Mich. Gen. Nov. PI.
p. 203. t. 85. f. I— Town, Inst. p. 56l.
Boletus esculentus, rugosus, albicans, quasi fuligine infectus, Mich. 1. c.
p. 203. t. 85. f. 2.—Tourn. Inst. p. 561. t. 329. f. A.
Boletus esculentus, rugosus, fulvus, Batt. p. 24. t. 2. f. F.
F ungus rugosus vel cavernosus, sive Merulius n ig e r et albus, J. Bauh.
Hist. PI. V. 3. p. 836.
F ungi præcoces, Dodon. Stirp. Hist. p. 481.
F ungus spongiosus Dalechampii, Balechamp, Hist. PI. v. 2. p. 1587.
F ungus faviginosus, Lobel. Ic. 2. p. n i .—Gerarde's Herb. p. 1583.— Park.
Theat. Bot. p. 1317— Raii, Syn. p. 11. No. 7.
H ab. In woods and bushy places, chiefly in a sandy soil. In Spring. Blair
in Athol. Woods at Langholm in Eskdale. Lugton wood, near Dalkeith,
L ighfoot. Banks o f the river Almond at Foxhall, Captain W auch.
—In England, it is tolerably frequent throughout the country.