ASCOMYCETES, OR SPORE-SAC FUNGI.
+PEZIZA AUKANTIA = golden.+
+The Golden Peziza.+
This species is 2 to 3 inches in diameter, its disc is bright orange
color, while its exterior is pale and downy, owing to the presence of
short, stout hairs. It is sessile or nearly so, and grows in tufts on
the ground near stumps of trees. At first the disc is thin and brittle,
with a raised margin, much waved, becoming incised, and finally spreads
flat on the ground.
+MORCHELLA ESCULENTA = food.+
+The Edible or Common Morel.+
This is 2 to 4 inches high, stem about 1/2 inch in diameter. The cap is of
a dull yellow color, olivaceous, darkening with age to a brownish tinge.
It is oval-shaped, with dark hollows.
+HELVELLA INFULA = name of a woollen head-dress.+
+The Cap-like Helvella.+
This species is named Infula, because it is supposed to resemble in
shape the sacred woollen head-dress worn by priests of Rome, by
supplicants and victims, tied around the head by a ribbon or bandage,
which hangs down on both sides.
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