Ithyphallus PHALLOIDACE^ 459 



Order II. GASTEROMYCETES 

 Fam. VII. PHALLOIDACEjE 



Pileus and stem or latticed receptacle at first enclosed in a 

 universal volva of two membranes with a middle gelatinous stratum ; 

 volva at length opening at the apex. Gleba mucilaginous, at length 

 elevated from the volva on a stem or lattice. Spores minute, elliptic- 

 oblong, continuous, at first immersed in olive-brown mucilage. 



Species 2042—2045 



Key to the Genera. 



Pileus free, reticulate 107 Ithyphallus. 



Pileus adnate 108 Mutinus. 



Pileus divided in vertical lobes no Lysurus. 



Receptacle forming a hollow lattice of large meshes 109 Clathrus. 



CVII. ITHYPHALLUS Fisch. 



(From a fancied resemblance to the Ithupkallos, carried at the 



festivals of Bacchus.) 



Pileus reticulate, attached to the apex of a hollow, perforate 

 spongy, stem-like receptacle. Veil forming a thin film — sometimes 

 a feeble white membrane— over the sporiferous mucous and slightly 

 attached to the stem. (Fig. 123.) 



2042. I. impudieus Fisch. (from its phallic resemblance ; impudicus, 

 shameless) a b c. 

 P. white, at first covered with olive-brown sporiferous mucous. 

 Pec. elongato-fusiform, spongy-cellular, white. . Myc. cord- 

 like. 



Highly fetid. Woods, thickets, gardens, generally amongst rotten tree-roots 

 and stumps, by gates, in and by summer-houses, sheds, porches, often near 

 to and in dwellings. May-Aug. Height 10 in. Var. iosmos Sacc. 

 Borders of reticulations and pileus serrate, sometimes reddish-grey in 

 colour, said to be violet-scented. 



