Gastromycetes 



Phallus. Large and reticulate with large perforations P. indusiatus Vent. 



Smaller and reticulate with small perforations.?. Daemonum Rumph. 



Smaller and plicate P. duplicatus Bosc. 



Veil none P. impudicus L. 



Denuded pileus even or merely porous. 



Veil short, concealed beneath the pileus P. Ravenelii B. and C. 



Veil none P. rubicundus Bosc. 



Peck, 32d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



I. HYMENOPHAL'LUS. 



An indusium or veil surrounding the stipe and dependent from its 

 apex beneath the pileus. 



a. Veil reticulate, hanging below the pileus. 



P. Dse'momim Rumph. Volva globose, not very thick, pinkish ; 

 segments 3 or 4, irregular. Stem cylindric, tapering at each end, cel- 

 lulose; the veil reticulate, somewhat expanded and bell-shaped, hang- 

 ing nearly to the middle of the stem. Pileus bell-shaped, somewhat 

 oblique ; the surface reticulate-pitted after deliquescence ; the apex trun- 

 cate, smooth, perforate. Spores elliptic-oblong, 4x2^. 



Plant 9 in. high. Volva 2 in. in diameter. Stem i% in. thick at the 

 middle. Pileus 2 in. in height; the lower edge of the veil hangs about 

 4 in. from the apex of the stem. The short veil and the smooth ring at 

 the apex will distinguish this species from the next. Morgan. 



Growing on the ground in woods. 



Ohio, Morgan, Lea; Maryland, Miss Banning; New York, Peck. 



Mt. Gretna, ground in mixed woods, August, 1899. Mcllvaine. 



Several specimens were found; but two in the early or ovum stage. 

 In this condition the species is edible. Quality same as P. impudicus. 



P. duplica'tllS Bosc. Volva depressed globose, thick, flabby white; 

 segments 35, acute. Stipe fusiform-cylindric cellulose; the veil re- 

 ticulate, hanging down to the volva, sometimes much expanded, often 

 torn and shreddy with pieces adherent to the stipe. Pilens campanu- 

 late, reticulate-pitted after deliquescence; the apex acute, not regularly 

 perforate. Spores elliptic-oblong, 4x2/4. 



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