Offensive Fungi 



GENUS DICTYOPHORA 



The genus Dictvophora differs from the genus Phallus in 

 having a veil suspended from the apex of the stem, underneath 

 the pileus or cap. 



Dictyophora Ravenelii 



Stem — Tapering at both ends. 



F<f/7— Short, not reaching below the cap. 



Dictyophora duplicata 



F«7— Voluminous, hanging for several inches below the cap. 



It is thought that this delicate white network, which hangs 

 like a lace skirt below the cap, renders the fungus additionally 

 conspicuous after dark, thus attracting the night moths and other 

 night-flying insects. 



MutinUS CaninUS (See Plate facing page 136) 



Cap or Pileus — Flesh coloured. The spore-bearing mass, oblong, 

 ovoid, or conical, occupying one-third to one-sixth the total 

 length of the stipe. 



Spore mass 



.Spore mass 



Embryo 

 plant 



Volva. 



Stalk 



Volva 



Young plant 

 M. caninus 



Stalk 



Volva 



M. bambusinus 



Stem or Stipe — Hollow, cylindrical, fusiform. 

 Habitat — About buildings, in gardens and thickets. 



DKc-ty-6ph'-6-ra 

 Ri'-ven-el'-ii 



Du-plT-ca'-ta 

 Mu-tT'-niis 



Ca-nl'-nus 

 Bam-bu-sl'-nus 



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