THE PHALLOIDE.^ OF CEYLON. 183 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



PI. 7. Dicti/ophora phalloidea X |. A white specimen, de- 

 veloped from tlie egg under a bell glass. Net still rigid, and gleba 

 intact. 



PI. 8. Dictyophora phalloidea X ^. Specimen with a white net, 

 which forms a continuous plate on one side. This plate was pink. 

 Gleba partly disappeared from the cap, which shows the normal 

 arrangement of the bars. 



PI. 9. Dictyophora irpicina X |. A well-developed specimen. 

 Cap slightly compressed. Part of the volva jelly adheres to the 

 cap on the left side. 



PI. 10. Dictyophora irpicina y, ^. On the left a specimen with 

 the cap undeveloped on one side, and a rudimentarj^ net. The 

 two middle specimens have the cap compressed, and the net partly 

 collapsed : the rigid bars at the top of the net prevent the collapse 

 of this part. On the right a specinaen with fully developed cap 

 and a fragmentary net, which is united to the stalk on the 

 right. 



PI. 11a. Dictyophora phalloidea {1) X f. Specimens with the 

 net whitish and somewhat translucent (when fresh), and a bright 

 orange-yellow cap. The outer specunens show the deeper bars 

 of the cap just appearing through the gleba. The gleba has dis- 

 appeared from the middle specimen, which shows a second set of 

 less elevated bars within the meshes visible on the two outer 

 specimens, 



PI. 11b. Simblutn periphragmoides X |. Specimen on the right 

 ■with gleba removed, showing (abnormally) lai'ge meshes below 

 and small meshes above, with a ring of double meshes near the 

 apex. The sjaecimen on the left has not developed normally : 

 part of the volva remains on the head, and the stalk is damaged 

 on one side : the bars of the net are covered with fragments of t lie 

 white evanescent membi'ane, and therefore appear broad. 



PI. 12a. Jansia proxima X |. Growing on decaj'ing palm frond. 

 Stalk translucent, yellowish, reddish above. Head deep red. 



PI. 12b. Simblum periphragmoides X f . Specimen with gleba 

 intact. 



PL 13a. Clathrella delicata. Nat. size. Expanded specimen, 

 mycelium, and " eggs," on decaying sticks. 



PI. 13b. Egg of Clathrus crispatus. Nat. size. 



Pf. 14. Coins Gardneri. Nat. size. Specinaen. with five arms, 

 which are united at the apex. 



PL 15. Section of the "egg" of 4seroerw&m. Nat. size. Show- 

 ing the infolded arms extending to the gleba. 



PL 16. Fig. 1. Copy of Thwaites's figure which was named 

 Phallus jiroxinius by Berkeley and Broome. 



