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In Colus there is a short stalk, and in Anthurus a long one, the 

 upper portion of which divides to form several ascending arms 

 coalescing at the extreme tip of the fruiting body. In Aseroe 

 the hollow stalk-like portion of the receptaculum gives rise to a 

 number of horizontal, radiating, tentacle-like arms. Thus the 

 gleba comes to be formed along the upper (originally the inner) 

 side of the arms. Kalchbrennera is more or less similar to Aseroe, 

 although the arms are thicker and are not pointed at the tips, be- 

 ing instead blunt and swollen. The various genera of this family- 

 are thus distinguished bv the form of the receptaculum. 



The 2 families included within the Phallales have in common 

 the development of the fruiting bodies from an t^g, with the 

 extension of a variously shaped receptaculum, on which are borne 

 the spore masses with their carrion-like odor. Anyone who has 

 ever collected mature specimens of these fungi will agree that 

 the common name stinkhorns is apt, if not aesthetic. 



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