MORCHELLA.

Phallo-Boletus. no. 2. Mich. gen. p. 203. t. 84. f. 2.
Phallus undosus. Batsch. Gmel. Phall. crispus.
Venten. l. c. p. 512. Morch. undos. Pers. syn.
p. 620.

Stipe hollow, 2-3 inches long, over an inch thick, tapering downward, reticulate-sulcate grooved like a net with equal cracks, "leucophaeus" grayish-brown. Pileus somewhat acute, not umbilicate navel-like or depressed at the center, reddish, margin undulated, with deformed elongated areolae, almost 3 inches wide. In Italy in waste places. (seen in illustration)

12. M. caroliniana, with rounded pileus, base detached, deep irregular ribs, plicate and undulated, with a conical sulcate stipe.

M. caroliniana. Bosc. Berl. Magaz. Naturf. 1811. p.
86. t. 5. f. 6. Cf. Nees Syst. p. 176.

"Differs from Morch. esculenta by a much thicker stipe; pileus larger, more rounded, more lightly colored, inside excavated with many irregular lacunae pits or gaps!" More related according to the previous description; but perhaps it would constitute its own tribe. From the illustration, the stipe is 3 inches long, very thick, greatly dilated downward, not hollow, but lacunose. Pileus very thick, undulated, 3 inches high and wide. Frequent in the forests of Upper Carolina, but not in the lower. (seen in illustration)

Doubtful species:

1. M. patula. Schwein. fung. carol. p. 88. Pileus with small holes at the apex, not free. Stipe yellow.

2. M. cava, with rounded, somewhat undulated pileus, tawny-obscure, with irregular unequal areolae, and an irregular white stipe. Rafinesq. Schm. Nov. Caratter. p. 88.

"4 inches. It differs abundantly from the rest by a short and hollow cap "(everything is hollow!)" & areolae that are highly irregular. "It differs more by the time of year, namely gathered at the end of summer in the Bosco del Capelliere and in the mountains around Palermo.

Fungus rugosus 1. cavernosus. Cupan. pamph. sic. with illustration (cited by no one) relates to the previous one — & both relate to undosa.