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SUB-CLASS II.—GASTEROMYCETES. 



In the Gasteromycetes, of which the puff-balls are good examples, 

 the plants are at first globular; the hymenium is internal, and the 

 spores are borne in fours on the basidia, 

 as in the Hymenontycctes, and only become 

 free when the fungus is ripe. 



ORDER VII.— PHALLOIDE^. 



In their early condition the Phalloidcce 

 are globular and puff-ball-like; there is a 

 gelatinous stratum immediately beneath 

 the outer membrane, and the hymenium 

 is deliquescent. There are three British 

 genera and four species ; three species are 

 represented by models. Fig 



GENUS XXVII.— PHALLUS Mich. 



60. — Spores on basidia 

 from Lycoperdon giganteum 

 Batsch. (Enlarged 500 dia- 

 meters.) 



In Phallus the pileus is perforated 

 at the apex, free all round, and reti- 

 culate. There is a single British 

 species. 



woods, hedges, 

 (One- plantations, etc. ; 

 generally among 

 rotten tree-roots, stumps, and branches. 



160. Phallus impudicus L. Stink- 

 horn ; is sometimes called wood-witch 

 or hedge-witch. — Pileus conical, per- 

 forated, reticulated, white, when young 

 filled with a deliquescing olive-black 

 mucous mass : stalk naked, elongated, 

 hollow, honeycombed ; volva pale 

 buff-brown, containing pale olive- 

 yellowish jelly. 



Very foetid ; common in gardens, 

 shrubberies, ^ 



i"ig. 61.— Phallus impudicus L. 

 quarter natural size.) 



GENUS XXVIII.— MUTINUS Fr. 



In Mutinus the pileus is adnate and imper- 

 forate, uneven. The species represented by the 

 model is a native of Britain ; a Javan species 

 has been observed in a plant nursery in England. 



161. Mutinus caninus Fr. — Pileus con- 

 tinuous with the stem, wrinkled, imperforate, Fig. 62.--Mutinus caninus 



, , ' . ,' ,.^ , ' Fr. (One-third natural 



crimson, covered when young with olive-brovvn size) 



