Mutinus 



PHALLOIDACE^; 



461 



CVIII. MUTINUS Fr. 



(An appellation of Priapus.) 



Pileus adnate to the hollow, perforate or imperforate spongy 

 stem, at first immersed in olive-brown sporiferous mucus. Veil 



V-- 



Fig. 124. Mutinus caninus Fr. Two-thirds natural size. 

 A, young plant. B, mature plant, c, section of young plant. D, section 

 of mature plant. E, pileus emerging from volva. F, basidium and spores, 

 X 1000. G, gleba; ST, stem or receptacle; v, veil. 



distinct, springing from the base of the stem within the volva, white. 

 (Fig. 124.) Species 2043, 2044 



2043. M. eaninus Fr. (canis, a dog) a b c. 



P. short, subacute, rugulose, red. Rcc. elongate-fusiform, cellular, 

 white or rosy. When the receptacle first emerges from the 

 volva it is covered with the white veil. 



Woods, bushy places, rotten stumps, pine, ash, decayed leaves in woods and 

 hedges. June-Dec. Height 5^ in. 



