North American Fungi. i49 



deep fleshy red, stipitate ; the bars compressed and transversely 

 wrinkled, forming pantagonal meshes; the stipe cylindric, cellulose,. 

 red above, paler below, tapering toward the base, rounded at the 

 apex and strongly constricted at its junction with the receptacle. 

 Spores elliptic-oblong, 3 mic. in length. 



Growing among grass in open land. Long Island, N. Y., 

 Gerard; Nebraska, H. G. Webber. Plant 3-5 inches in hight, stipe 

 ^-i inch in diameter at the thickest part, the receptacle always a 

 little broader than the stipe; meshes about 26 in number. Odor 

 slightly nauseous. 



Genus V. Laterne\, Turp. 



Receptacle a more or less elongated body, consisting of a few 

 vertical columns arising separately from the base of the volva and 

 joined together only at the apex. Gleba suspended from the apex 

 within the receptacle. 



1. L. COLUMNATA, Bosc, Volva obovoid, burst irregularly into 

 3 or 4 segments. Receptacle composed of 4 vertical columns ; 

 the columns thick, 4 angled, tapering upward, cinnabar-red. 

 Spores elliptic-oblong, 4-5 X 2 mic. 



Growing in sandy woods. North Carolina, Curtis ; S. Carolina, 

 Bosc, Ravenel; Georgia, LeConte; Florida, Ravenel. Plants 3 5 

 inches in height, the volva 1^-2 inches in diameter. Extremely 

 fetid. 



2. L. TRiscAPA, Turp. Yolva obovoid, bursting irregularly 

 into 2 or 3 segments. Receptacle composed of 3 vertical columns ; 

 the columns slender, terete, tapering upward, white below cinna- 

 bar-red above. 



Growing in sandy soil. Texas, Ellis. Plant 2-3 inches in height,, 

 volva iV^ inches in diameter. 



