Mutinus 



PHALLOIDACEiE 



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 



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. (cams, a dog) a b c. 



P. short, subacute, rugulose, red. Rec. elongato-fusiform, cellular, 



white or rosy. When the receptacle first emerges from the 



volva it is covered with the white veil. 



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

 hedges. June-Dec. Height 5^ in. 



