BIRD'S NEST FUNGI 



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MUTINUS 



Distiii;j;uishccl by the receptacle seeming hut u cuiilinuulion nt" the stem, and 

 hence not cap-like. The stem also lacks a veil. 



Mutinus caninus 



Receptacle 2-3 cm. talh wrinkled, red; stem cylindric, tapering, white 

 or reddish, 7-10 cm. ; v o 1 v a more or less sheathing, torn at the. top ; spores ellip- 

 tic, 6 X "^Z^- 



l''i(;UKE 97. Ithvphallus impudicls 



( )ii ihe ground in woodland and clearings, smnmer and autumn ; edible when 

 young, i. e.. in the "egg" stage. 



BIRD'S NEST FUNGI NIDULARIACEAE 



Cup-shaped fungi at first covered by a membrane, which ruptures, disclosing 

 the small seed-like spore-bearing bodies. Small fungi of clustered habit; not edible 

 owang to the leathery texture. 



