fi;
m
MORCHELLA h y b r id a .
Small headed Morel.
C l a s s a n d O b d e h CRYWTOGAIVIIA FUNGI, Linn.—S a x . O b d . FUNGI, Link,
Grev.
G EN E E IC CHARACTER.
Pikus stipitatus, lacumsus, undique hymenio tectus, cum stipite conjluens.
Pileus stipitate, lacunose, confluent with the stem, the surface wholly occupied
by the hymeiiiumi
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
Morchella hybrida ; pileo brevi, aculo, conico, oliváceo, basi patulo; areolis
tongiludinaliter subparallelis; stipite longo, crasso, albido.
M. pileus short, acute, conical, olivaceous, spreading at the base ; areolæ longitudinally
subparallel ; stipes long, thick, while.
Morchella hybrida, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 620.— Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. 1. p. 662.
—Grev. FI. Edin. ined.
Morchella crassipes, Pers. Mycol. Europ. v. 1. p. 206.
H elvella h y b rid a , Soiv. Fung. t. 238.—Purt. Midi. FI. v. 2. p. 679.— Winch,
Bot, Guide, 2. p. 98.
H ab. Woods. Spring. Foxhall, Captain W auch— In England, it appears
only to have been found by Mr Robson near Darlington, and at Badsey
by Mr R upford.
Whole plant 3-5 inches high. Pileus one inch to an inch and a half from
the base to the apex, and nearly of the same diameter at the base, pale
yeUowish-brown ©r olivaceous, the pits or areolæ shallow, divided into
tolerably regular longitudinal series by parallel prominent ribs. Stipes
white, smooth, cylindrical, hollow, three-fourths o f an inch thick or more,
and passing into the pileus about half an inch aboiæ the base. Hyménium
covering the whole pileus. Tubular sporuliferous cells long, filiform.
Sporules oval, hyaline.
This rare Fungus is confined to Great Britain, and is undoubtedly
a well-marked and distinct species. Among all the
varieties of M. esculenta, I never saw any approach it in the
form of the pileus and proportionably long stipes ; but the most