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Dictyophora ravenelii (B. & C.) Burt. This plant also has a 

 wide distribution in the Eastern United States. The stem is more 

 slender than in the 

 other species, D. 

 dnplicata, the pile- 

 us more nearly 

 conic, and the sur- 

 face of the pileus 

 is merely gran- 

 ular or minutely 

 wrinkled after the 

 disappearance of 

 the gleba, and 

 does not present 

 the strong reticu- 

 lating ridges and 

 crests which that 

 species shows. 

 The plants are 

 from 10 to 18 cm. 

 high. It grows in 





 WOOds and fields 



about rotting 

 wood, and in sawdust. 



FIGURE 214. Dictyophora ravenelii. Egg stage, caps just bursting 

 through the volva (natural size). Copyright. 



The veil is very thin and delicate, form- 



FIGURE 215. Dictyophora ravenelii. Sections of eggs, and showing cords of 



mycelium (natural size). Copyright. 



