58 FETCH : 



I th I/phallus. 



Ithyphallus tenuis Fischer. According to Fischer (Neue 

 Untersuchungen, 1893) there are specimens of this species 

 from Ceylon in Herb. Kew and Herb. British Museum, 

 marked Phallus pallidus Berk. It is common in the jungle 

 at Hakgala on decaying logs in hundreds at a time. 



Didyophora. 



Dictyophora phalloidea Desv. Recorded for Ceylon as 

 Phallus dsemonum Rumph. by Berkeley in Hooker's Lond. 

 Jour, of Botany, VI. (1847), and as Dictyophora dasmo7ium 

 Lev. by Berkeley and Broome in Fungi of Ceylon, No. 698. 

 Common in the low-country (wet zone) up to an elevation 

 of 1,600 feet. A small form with a bright orange-yellow cap 

 occurs at Peradeniya. 



Clautriavia. 



Clautriavia irpieina Pat. Common, with the same distribution 

 as Dictyophora phalloidea. Abundant at Henaratgoda. 



Clathrus. 



Clathrus crispatus Thw. Recorded for Ceylqn by Berkeley as 

 Clathrus cancellatus L. in Hooker's Lond. Jour, of Botany, 

 VI. (1847), and by Berkeley and Broome in Fungi of 

 Ceylon, No. 700. 



In shady forests, 1844 (Gardner). Hantane, August, 

 1859 (Thwaites). Hakgala, April, 1907 ; May, 1913 ; 

 January, 1914. Ythanside, April, 1909 ; July, 1913. Not 

 found below 4,000 feet. 



Clathrella. 



Clathrella delieata (B. & Br.) Fischer. Described as Clathrus 

 delicatus by Berkeley and Broome in Fungi of Ceylon, 

 No. 699. 



Peradeniya, November, 1868 (Thwaites) ; August, 

 October, 1906, 



