Systema Mycologicum, Vol 2

attached to the stipe, soon free, undulate, laciniate-twisted, and crisped. Edible, savory. Consult Trattin. op. cit. Found in humic, somewhat moist soil in forests, in autumn. (seen alive)

I have attempted to explain the highly intricate synonymy of the Helvellas with the utmost care. I have restored Scopoli's very ancient and excellent trivial name, as Persoon's name, derived from a false synonym of Battara, squares well with the others, but fits the preceding species not at all.

2. H. lacunosa, pileus inflated, lobed, grey-black, lobes deflexed and adnate, stipe fistulose, costate-lacunose.

Fungoides etc. no. 4. Mich. gen. p. 204. H. nigra black. Berg. phyt. I. t. 147. H. lacunosa. Afzel. op. cit. var. a. Holmsk. Ot. II. p. 45. t. 24. Fries Obs. 2. p. 301.! Wahlenb. fl. Ups. p. 464 (regarding the diagnosis).

a. major larger, stipe white. H. mitra, Schæff. fung. t. 154. Pers. syn. p. 615. Sehum. Sæll. 2. p. 410. Nees syst. f. 163. Bull. op. cit. var. 3. fusca brown. H. sulcata, Willd. Ber. p. 398. var. a (b. earlier spec.)

b. minor smaller, stipe blackish. H. monacella. Schæff. fung. t. 162. Pers. comm. p. 62.

It differs from the preceding, for whose variety it could easily be taken, by its more regular, 2–4-lobed pileus, which is scarcely laciniate, with lobes freed later, and especially by its color. The stature is generally smaller, although it occasionally occurs just as tall, i.e., Helvella mitra g. pratensis of the meadows Alb. & Schwein. consp. p. 298. Although sharp characters are therefore lacking, it is constant in nature; also, it is considered of less value as food. Quite frequent on both grassy and bare soil and on rotting trunks. In spring and autumn. (seen alive)

3. H. sulcata, pileus deflexed, lobed, adnate, stipe stuffed, furrowed with equal ribs.

H. sulcata, Afzel. in Vet. Ac. Handl. 1783. p. 305.