Mycological Bulletin 



No. 79 



W. A. KeUerman, Ph. D., Ohio State University 



Columbus, Ohio, July, 1907. 



A PHALLUS NUMBER. 



Professor W. H. Long of the State Normal School, Denton, 

 Texas, has published in a recent Number of the Journal of My- 

 cology, an extended account of the Phalloideae or Stink-horns of 

 Texas, illustrated by several half-tone illustrations of the species. 

 We devote this number of the Bulletin to this subject, reproducing 

 Professor Long's plates, and a fair portion of the interesting text 

 of the article. 



THE PHALLOIDEAE OF TEXAS. 

 BY William H. Long. 



1 l^e fall of 1902 was unusually wet for this State and cold weather 

 was late in coming, as our first good frost did not occur until Nov. 22. 

 Such climatic conditions brought forth a wealth of fungi ; the Basidio- 

 mycetes and Gastromycetes being especially abundant. It was the good 

 fortune of the writer to collect and have photographed five species of 

 that unique and interesting group of Gastromycetes — the Phalloids. 



In an old sandy field, that had not been ploughed for seven or eight 

 months, four species were found, viz: Mutiuus caninus. Phallus rubiciiiidus, 

 Phallus iinf'iidicus var. i)iipcrialis, and Si))ibluiii sphacroccl^hahon. This 

 field was on the north slope of a hill that was originally covered with 

 post oak {Qiirrcus minor) and black jack (Q. nigra), but the trees had 

 been cut cff for .'■cme years and the old stumps were ni various stages 

 of dec.-' v. 



At the base and in the innnediate vicinity of these rotting stumps the 

 plants mentioned were usually found. On the margin of this tield in 

 tie grassy unbroken sod Simhlum texeusc was collected. This field was 

 planted in wheat in the fall of 1<.)01 and was used as a pasture for cattle 

 during ]'.)( :.'. 



Nearly all of the pliotographs secured were taken by a local photograph- 

 er on cloudy days and in some instances when the rain was falling, as 

 ;Uiis group will not admit of delay if photographs of the freshly expanded 

 {dants are desired. Some here reproduced therefore do not show details 

 as well as could be desired. 



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