CARRION FUNGI 



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CARRION FUNGI PHALLACEAE 



These resemble jiuffballs wlicii \i)un^. but as tli(\- nialure the outer wall is 

 ruptured by the lengthening stem. Ihc spores are expused on the top of the stem 

 as a gelatint)us mass, to which flics arc drawn by the odor of the ]jlant. The rarri«)n 

 or "stink-horn" fungi rcsciiihlc morris to some extent, but are readily distinguished 

 by the odor, the cup at the base of the sti'm and bv the gelatinous spore-mass. Ac- 

 cording to Mclhaine. scwral s[>c(i(js are edible when young, but the beginner will 

 not be attracted b\- them. 



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Fi(;lkk 95. Box is 1 a imi.a 



KEY TO TlIK (JEXEUA 



1. Receptacle cap-like 



a. Stalk with a net-like ajjpendage below the cap Dictyophora 



b. Stalk witliout a net-like appendage Ithyphallus 



2. Receptacle not cap-like, much like tlie stalk but red Mutinus 



rag.:- 



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DTCTYOrilOrvA 



Receptacle cap-like, stalked, the latter with a volva-like cup at the base. The 

 genus is distinguished from 1 t li y j) h a 1 1 u s by tlie appendage or veil, which is 

 hidden under the cap in the secontl species. Both species are said to be edible when 

 young. Tlie name refers to the presence of the net. 



