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PHALLOIDEI. 



Order VIII. PHALLOIDEI. 



Volva universal, the intermediate stratum gelatinous. Hy- 

 menium deliquescent. — Berk. Outl.p. 297. 



Pileus perforate, free Phalms. 



Pileus imperforate, adnata _. . Cynophallus. 



Eeceptacle forming an 07ate or globose network . Clathrus. 



Gen. 63. 



FHAIiLVS, Linn. 



Pileus perforated at the apex, free all round, 

 reticulate. Veil none. {^^9- 108-) 



Fig. 108. 



1064. 



Phallus impudicus. Linn. " Common Stinkhorn ." 



Pileus conical, reticulated ; margin of the reticulations nearly 

 entire ; stem white, naked. — Berk. Outl.p. 297, t. 20, f. 3. Gi^ev. 

 t. 213. Harz. t. 65, 66. Mich. t. 83. Bail. t. 25. Ft. Dan. t. 175. 

 .Sc/z«'/.^. 196-198. Bull.t.lS2. Bolt. t. 92. Nees.f.26d. Fckl. 

 exs. no. 1270. Smith, P.M.f. 31. Paij.f. 551, 560. Corda. v.f. 50. 

 Eug. Fl. V. ;?. 226. Bisch.f. 3330. Phallus fcetidus, Sow. t. 329. 



In woods, &c. Common. Very foetid. [United States.] 



Uterus about as large as a hen's egg, consisting of two coats distended 

 with jelly, besides which there is another delicate membrane immediately 

 surrounding the pileus. Stem rapidly elongated, when full grown 6-8 in. 

 high, 1 in. thick, hollow at first, closed at the apex, at length pierced.— 

 ^,ig, FL (Fig. 108, reduced.) 



