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Dictyophora ravenclii (B. & C) Burt. — Tlii^ plant also has a 

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

 slender than in the 

 other species, D. 

 Jiipliiiitii, the pile- 

 US more nearly 

 conic, and the sur- 

 face ot the pileus 

 is nierel)' 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 lo to 1 8 cm. 

 high. It grows in 

 woods and fields 

 about rotting 

 wood, and in sawdust. 



F"iGURE 203. — Dictyophora ravenelii. Egg stage, caps just l)ursting 

 through the volva (natural size). Copyright 1900. 



The \eil is \-er\' thin and delicate, form- 



FuaiRK 204. — Uictyophora ra\enelii. Sections uf eggs, and >l)o\ving curds of 

 mycelium (natural size). Copyright iqoo. 



