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walls, containing at first a black pulp, and ultimately a 

 number of minute dark spores (PL 23, fig. 2). The 

 surface of the red truffle is smooth and not covered with 

 warts or tubercles as in the true truffle. It is believed 

 that the taste and aroma of this species is inferior to 

 that of the truffle, although it may be employed as a 

 substitute when the genuine article is scarce. Although 

 we have employed the term subterranean as representa- 

 tive of Hypogcci, and applied it to this order, it must not, 

 therefore, be concluded that it includes all fungi which 

 are subterranean in habit, as the Truffles, for instance, 

 are excluded, and must be sought for in the Sporidi- 

 iferous families. 



STINKHORN FUNGI. 



AN acquaintance with the members of this order, 

 which is known botanically as Phalloidei, will convince 

 any one of the propriety of assigning to them not only 

 their common English but also their scientific Grecian 

 name. Some of them are rare, but the common stink- 

 horn will serve as a type, and answer as a convincing 

 argument in both cases. 



One of the most striking in appearance, disgusting in 

 odour, and noxious in properties of all fungi, is the 

 Latticed Stinkhorn (Glathrus cancellatus), which is, 

 however, so rare as scarcely to merit a notice here except 

 to call attention to its only commendable feature, that 

 of the beauty and singularity of its form (PL 20). 

 The receptacle resembles a spherical network or lattice- 



