ITHYPHALLUS— MUTINUS, 45 



volva, and is then white, soft and elastic to the touch. 

 When fully developed varies from 5-7 in. high, and readily 

 detected at a distance of several yards by its abominable 

 smell. There is a wide-spreading, white cord-like mycelium 

 underground, from which several individuals generally 

 spring. 



MUTINUS. Fr. (fig. 1, p. 43.) 



Receptacle elongated, hollow, wall with a single row of 

 cavities, apex closed or perforated ; pileus apical, not free 

 from the receptacle. 



3Iutimis, Fries, Summ. Veg. Scand. ii. 1849 ; Mass., Mon. 

 Gast., p. 89. 



Ci/nuphallus, Berk., Outl., p. 298. Distinguished from 

 Itliijx>hallus by the pileus being adnate to the receptacle. 



Mutinus caninus. Fr. (fig. 1, p. 43.) 



Eeceptacle elongato-fusiform, cellular, white or rosy ; 

 pileus short, subacute, rugulose, red; spores cylindrical, 

 involved in green mucus, 3-5 X 2 /a. 



Mutinus caninus. Fries ; Mass., Mon. Gast., p. 89, f. 43. 



Phallus (Cynophallus) caninus. Berk., Outl., p. 298; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 365, f. 109. 



Phallus inodorus, Sow., Fung., t. 330. 



In woods and bushy places. Sporophore from i-| in. 

 before the volva is ruptured. When fully evolved 3-4 in. 

 high. Sometimes scentless, at others with a distinct odour, 

 but never so strong and disagreeable as in ItJiyjjhallus im- 

 pufJicus. 



Mutinus bambusinus. Fischer. 



Keceptacle elongato-fusiform, the upper half occupied by 

 the red adnate pileus ; spores cylindrical, 4 x 1 " 5 yu,, involved 

 in green mucus ; very foetid. 



Mutinus hamhusinus, Fischer, Ann. du Jardin Bot. de 

 Buitzenzorg, vol. vi. p. 30, t. iv. figs. 2G-31 ; Mass., Mon. 

 Gast., p. 89. 



An East Indian species, probably introduced with plants 

 from Java. 



Somewhat resembling M. caninus, but distinguished by 

 the much longer pileus, which covers the upper half of the 



