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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Phallus duplicatus. Bosc. 



Laced Stinkhorn. 



Volva egg-shaped, thick, whitish, frequently having a pinkish tinge. 



The stem is cylindrical, 

 cellulose, tapering up- 

 ward. The veil is reticu- 

 late, frequently surround- 

 ing the whole of the stem 

 from the pileus to the 

 volva, often torn. The 

 pileus is pitted, deliques- 

 cent, six to eight inches 

 high, apex acute. Spores 

 elliptic-oblong. 



I am sure I never saw 

 finer lace-work than I 

 have seen on this plant. 

 A few years ago one of 

 these plants insisted up- 

 on growing near my 

 house, where a fence post 

 had formerly been, with 

 the effect of almost driv- 

 ing the family from 

 home. One can hardly 

 imagine so beautiful a 

 plant giving off such an 

 odor. It is not a com- 

 mon plant in our state. 



Figure 447. 



-Phallus Ravenelii. Natural size, showing volva at base, 

 receptacle and cap. 



Phallus Ravenelii. 

 B. & C. 



This plant is extremely 

 abundant about Chilli- 

 cothe. I have seen hun- 

 dreds of fully developed 

 plants on a few square 

 yards of old sawdust; 

 and one might easily 

 think that all the bad 



