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Crisped Helvella.
C l a s s a n d O r d e h CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, £ m » . _ N A T . O b d , FU N G I, Uiik ,
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GENERIC character.
Films submembranaceus, stipitatus, suhdifformis, utrinque loevis, lateribus de-
fie x is ; cellulis ehngatis sporuliferis in pagina superiore,
Pileus furnished with a stipes, submemhranaceous, irregular in form, smooth
on each surface, deflexed at the sides ; tubular sporuliferous cells on the
superior surface.
s pec ific character.
H elvella le u c o p hæ a ; pileo deflexo, lobato, libero, crispo, pallido, mbtus dilute
rufescens ; stipite albo, sukato-lacunoso.
H. pileus deflexed, lobed, free, crisped, very pale, beneath dilute reddish,
brown ; stipes white, furrowed and lacunose.
H e l v e l l a leu co p hæa , Pers. Obs. Mycol. 2. p. iÿ .— Ejusd. Syn. p. 6T6—
Ejusd. Mycol. Europ. 1. p .2 l0— Schum. Fl. Soelland, 2. p .ilO .— Fl. Dan.
t 1560.— Tratthi, Essb. Schwdm. p. 16S. t. DD.— Ejusd. Dest. Schwam.
p. 197. t. 18— Grev. Fl. Edin. p. 417.
H elvella crispa. Fries, Mycol. 2. p. 14.
H elvella Mitra, Sow. Fungi, t. 3%— Purt. Midi. Fl. v. 3. t. 16.—Var. alba.
Bull. Champ, p. 298. t. 4>66.— Var. fu lva , 1. c.
H elvella alba, Bergm. Phyiol. t. 145.
H elvella a lb id a , Schæff. Fung. t. 282.
H elvella nivea, Schrad. Bot. Journ. 2. p . 66.
H elvella lacunosa, g pallida, Afzel. in Vet. Ac. Handl. 1783, p. 303. fide
Fries.
P hallus crispus. Scop. Fl, Carniol. 2. p. 475.
Boletus pileolo spiralibus plicis contorto. Bolt. Fung. p. 24. t. 2. G.
E lveiæa petiolata, lamina in formam capituli, &c. Gkd. Meth. Fung. p. 36.
F ungoides, fungiforme, crisp um , laciniatuin, &c. Mich. Nov. Gen. PI. p 204
t. 86. f. 7. F •
Hab. Shady places and in woods. Autumn. Not unfrequent in Scotland
or England.
Pileus 2 -4 inches broad, membranaceous, thin, smooth on both surfaces, rather
brittle, deflexed at the sides, lobed, variously crisped, curled and undulated,
pale, generally with a reddish tinge beneath ; in most instances
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