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Wright ; New York, Peck, Howe, Gerard ; Carolina, Curtis, Rav- 

 enel. Plant 2-3 inches high, stipe 45 lines thick, the volva ^ oF 

 an inch in diameter, the pileus sometimes half as long as the stipe. 

 This is Corynites brevis, B. & C. of Curtis' s Catalogue ; it was after- 

 ward described in Grevillea under the name C. Ravenelii, B. & C. 

 C. Curtisii, Berk does not appear to possess any distinctive marks 

 separating it from the present species. See Transactions Linnaean 

 Society, Vol. xxi, p. 151, tab 19. 



II. CL.'VTHRE^E. Receptacle a hollow clathrate body com- 

 posed of oblique bars or vertical columns with the gleba attached 

 to the upper part of the inner surface. 



Genus III. Clathrus, Mich. 

 Receptacle a sub-globose hollow net or lattice-work, composed of 

 several obliquely ascending and anastomosing bars, forming num- 

 erous meshes, and sessile within the volva. Gleba enclosed within 

 the net and attached to the upper part of the inner surface. 



1. C. CANCELLATUS, Tourn. Volva sub-globose, burst irregu- 

 larly into several segments. Receptacle obovoid, sessile ; the bars 

 variable in width, more or less compressed, transversely wrinkled, 

 forming irregularly polygonal meshes, red rarely yellow or whitish. 



Growing on the ground in woods. New York, Clinton; Georgia, 

 LeConte. Plant 3-5 inches in height, the volva 2-3 inches \\\ 

 diameter. Possessing an extremely fetid odor. 



2. C. CR[SPUS, Turp. Volva globose, burst irregularly into sev- 

 eral segments. Receptacle globose, sessile; the bars transversely 

 wrinkled and knotted, cinnabar-red; the meshes round or oval, 

 very large below and in the middle, very small at the apex. 



Growing in sandy woods. Mexico, Leveille. Plant 2-4 inches- 

 in hight, the volva 2-3 inches in diameter. 



Genus IV. I^" iblum, Klotsch. 

 Receptacle a sub-globose hollow net or lattice-work, composed 

 of several obliquely ascending and anastomosing bars forming 

 numerous meshes, and borne at the apex of an elongated stipe ;. 

 stipe hollow, composed of several layers of round-celled tissue. 

 Gleba enclosed within the net and attached to the upper part of 

 the inner surface. 



I. S. RUBESCENS, Gerard. Volva sub-globose, whitish, burst 

 irregularly into 3 or 4 segments. Receptacle depressed globose,. 



