﻿OF 
  BRITISH 
  FUNGI. 
  93 
  

  

  of 
  beeches, 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  south-western 
  counties 
  of 
  

   England, 
  and 
  resembles, 
  externally, 
  a 
  brownish 
  irregular 
  

   tuber 
  ; 
  internally 
  it 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  cells 
  by 
  whitish 
  

   walls, 
  containing 
  at 
  first 
  a 
  black 
  pulp, 
  and 
  ultimately 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  minute 
  dark 
  spores 
  (PI. 
  20, 
  fig. 
  2). 
  The 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  truffle 
  is 
  smooth 
  and 
  not 
  covered 
  with 
  

   warts 
  or 
  tubercles 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  true 
  truffle. 
  It 
  is 
  believed 
  

   that 
  the 
  taste 
  and 
  aroma 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  inferior 
  to 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  truffle, 
  although 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  employed 
  as 
  a 
  

   substitute 
  when 
  the 
  genuine 
  article 
  is 
  scarce. 
  Although 
  

   we 
  have 
  employed 
  the 
  term 
  subterranean 
  as 
  representa- 
  

   tive 
  oiHypogwi, 
  and 
  applied 
  it 
  to 
  this 
  order, 
  it 
  must 
  not, 
  

   therefore, 
  be 
  concluded 
  that 
  it 
  includes 
  all 
  funo-i 
  which 
  

   are 
  subterranean 
  in 
  habit, 
  as 
  the 
  Truffles, 
  for 
  instance, 
  

   are 
  excluded, 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  sought 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  Sporidi- 
  

   ferous 
  families. 
  

  

  STINKHORN 
  FUNGI. 
  

  

  An 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  order, 
  

   which 
  is 
  known 
  botanically 
  as 
  Phalloidei, 
  will 
  convince 
  

   any 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  propriety 
  of 
  assigning 
  to 
  them 
  not 
  only 
  

   their 
  common 
  English 
  but 
  also 
  their 
  scientific 
  Greek 
  

   name. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  rare, 
  but 
  the 
  common 
  Stink- 
  

   horn 
  will 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  type, 
  and 
  answer 
  as 
  a 
  convincing 
  

   argument 
  in 
  both 
  cases. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  striking 
  in 
  appearance, 
  disgusting 
  

   in 
  odour, 
  and 
  noxious 
  in 
  properties 
  of 
  all 
  fungi, 
  is 
  the 
  

   Latticed 
  Stinkhorn 
  (Clathrus 
  cancellatus), 
  which 
  is, 
  

   however, 
  so 
  rare 
  as 
  scarcely 
  to 
  merit 
  a 
  notice 
  here 
  except 
  

   to 
  call 
  attention 
  to 
  its 
  only 
  commendable 
  feature, 
  that 
  

  

  