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or slightly tapering toward base, walls of 1-2 or several cham- 

 bers thick, which are many times longer than broad, opening out- 

 wardly as pits but not inwardly, constricted at juncture of pileus, 

 pileus depressed globose, scarlet, i cm. tall by 2 cm. broad, 

 meshes regular of 4-6 sides, isodiametric, 10-20 in number, 

 each 3-4 mm. across, walls of meshes transversely rugose, left as 

 a hollow net work after gleba deliquesces. Spores oblong, 2 x 4 ft. 



Volva white, solitary, globose to ovate 2-3 x 3-4 cm., rooting. 

 Gelatinous portion of eggs not continuous but divided into cham- 

 bers by cortical plates that extend from bars of pileus to outer 

 layer of the volva. On lawns, Austin, Texas, and at margin 

 of thickets and in open sandy fields or along ravines in black 

 soil. Denton, Texas. Oct., Nov. and. Dec. 1902 and 1905. A 

 rather rare plant. 



Slmhlum texense (Atkinson and Long) Long (Fig. 11). 

 Dictybole texense, Atkinson and Long. — Stipe 4-8 cm. tall by 

 1-2 cm. thick, cylindrical or slightly tapering toward base, more 

 or less angular and longitudinally furrowed, hollow, pale yellow, 

 walls composed of 2-3 layers of chambers thick at middle of tipe 

 but of only one layer of chambers at base, inner layer usually 

 much larger than the others and composed of longitudinal cham- 

 bers which are many times longer than broad, irregularly poly- 

 gonal in cross section, opening neither inwardly nor outwardly. 

 Pileus depressed hemispherical or often, in field specimens, cap- 

 like and usually with remains of volva adhering to apex, com- 

 posed of more or less isodiametric meshes, the outer row of 

 which is usually free from stipe at its outer and lower margin, 

 meshes verv^ irregular in shape and size from 10-20 in all, 8-10 

 marginal, usual size 4-5 mm. across and of 4-6 sides, bars pale 

 yellow only faintly transversely rugose, pileus on plants in 

 field always more or less distorted so that the true character 

 of the plant is difficult to determine, gleba mass brown, not readily 

 deliquescent but usually persistent between the bars till rains or 

 dews wash it oflf, when it does deliquesce, it blackens and has 

 the odor of carrion. When fresh gleba and entire plant has a 

 very pronounced and pleasant amy! acetate odour. 



Volva ciramiscissile, upper part borne aloft on pileus, spores 

 greenish hyaline, oval to ovate 3x7/1,. Eggs depressed globose 

 to globose-ovate. 1-4 cm. in diameter, rooting, solitary, rarely in 

 pairs from a common root, occasionally twin plants from same 

 egg, gelatinous layer not continuous but divided into chambers 

 by cortical plates which are prolonged from bars of meshes out- 

 ward to the outer layer of volva and downward toward the 

 base of the egg, the nuinber of chambers corresponding approxi- 

 mately to the number of meshes in the pileus. In open grassy 

 pastures, Sept.-Dec. This was by far our most abundant Phalloid 

 during 1902, several hundred eggs and expanded plants being 

 found. After every rain the eggs appear in great numbers over 



