1923] The Gasteromycetes of North Carolina 241 



We are following Fischer and Atkinson in placing in this genus 

 Phallns Ravenelii B. & C, a species closely related to the European 

 I. impudicus but separated from it by the smooth surface of the cap. 

 In addition to the former only one other American species is known, 

 /. nihicioidus (Bosc) E. Fischer, and it has been reported from this 

 state by Curtis, It should be looked for in the coastal plain and can 

 readily be recognized by the red stalk, the other species being white 

 stalked. 



For literature see under the family, 



Ithyphallus Ravenelii (B. & C.) E. Fischer 

 Dictyopliora Ravenelii (B. & C) Burt 



Platfs 77-79 



Stalks usualh' 10-16 cm. high, tapering gradually upward or 

 nearly equal, about 1.7-2.5 cm. thick, springing from an ovate egg or 

 volva, which is pinkish, tough, thick, wrinkled below and connected 

 with the earth and with other eggs by purplish pink strands or roots 

 which grow out from the base. The eggs are large and just before 

 rupturing may reach a height of 5 cm. and a thickness'of 3.5 cm. The 

 cap or pileus is conical and is attached around the raised white ring 

 which terminates the stem. The upper part of the membranous veil 

 is concealed beneath the cap while the lower half remains in the volva 

 around the base of the stem. At times parts or rings of the veil may 

 be torn loose in expanding and cling to the stalk so as to be visible 

 beneath the cap. Surface of the cap minutely granular, not veined 

 or honeycombed, covered at first by the dark, bad-smelling slime of 

 the diliquescent gleba. 



Spores (of No. 41a) smooth, elliptic, 1.2-1.8 x 3.7-4.4^. 



This interesting species is generally found growing in soil contain- 

 ing rotten w^ood such as old wood piles and rotting trash piles and 

 often appears in large numbers from one colony. 



Illustrations: Atkinson. 1. c. pi. 2; pi. 3, fig. 7; pi. 4, fig. 10; pi. 6, fig. 14. 

 Hard. Mushrooms, figs. 447-449. 



Lloyd. Syn. Known Phalloids, figs. 7 and 8. • 



Lloyd. Myc. Notes No. 28: fig. 168. 

 Peck. Bull. Torr. Bot, Club. 9: pi. 25. 1882. 

 Scofield. Minn. Bot. Survey 2: pis. 29-31. 1900. 



