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receptacle rosy red, the base pale to colorless ; volva watery white, 

 attached at base by a cord-like root. Odor about that of a stink horn, 

 strong and fetid. 



Spores (of No. 4949) smooth, elliptic, minute, 1.8-2.4 x 3.7-4.8/^. 



This plant seems to be entirely southern in its range (but see 

 Saccardo's Sylloge 7, part 1, p. 10) and our collections have come 

 from the subtropical southeast corner of our state, where Sabal Pal- 

 metto grows, and from coastal South Carolina. It is said to be com- 

 mon in Florida, and Curtis reports it as occurring in the lower and 

 middle districts of North Carolina in sandy woods. It was originally 

 described from South Carolina and is also known from the Gulf States. 

 An interesting anomaly is shown by one of our plants (pi. 71). There 

 is a natural perforation on one side at the top just about the center of 

 one of the columns, exactly like the more numerous perforations in 

 C. cancellatus and in SimMum. For development and microscopic de- 

 tail see Burt, Bot. Gaz. 22 : 273, pis. 21 and 22. 1896. The beautiful 

 species, C. cancellatus, has been found a few times in the United States 

 and should be looked for. It has been reported from Georgia 

 (Schweinitz, Syn. Fung. Car. No. 557, as G. ruber) and from Florida 

 (Lloyd, Myc. Notes No. 24: 296). 



Illustrations : Bosc. Mag. der Gesell. naturf orschender Freunde Berlin 5 : pi. 5, 

 fig. 5. 1811. 

 Burt. As above. 



Fischer. Pflanzenfamilien 1, pt. 1: fig. 120 B. 

 Lloyd. Myc. Works, pi. 92. 

 Lloyd. Myc. Notes No. 26 : fig. 162. 

 Lloyd. Phalloids of Australia, fig. 20. 



Smith's Island. Couch and Grant, No. 4949. In a sandy road, December 



29, 1921. 

 Georgetown, South Carolina. Coker, No. 6013. In sandy soil near Silver Hill 



Farm, December 29, 1922. 



SIMBLUM 



Receptaculum formed of a distinct, hollow, delicate stalk which is 

 transformed above into a somewhat larger inflated network which 

 bears the gleba slime on the inside. Volva watery white ; receptacu- 

 lum bright colored, red (in our species) or yellow, rarely whitish; 

 odor offensive. 



Only a few species are known and only two are North American. 

 For literature see under the family. 



