CYNOPHALLUS. PHALLUS 23 



Cynophallus (Fr.) Cda. 



(Mutinus Fr.) 



(KVCOV, dog; <j>a\\6s, penis.) 



Peridium oval, or oblong, becoming split at the apex into two or 

 three lobes. Receptacle hollow, cylindrical, or fusiform. Pileus 

 apical, adnate, covered on the outside with the mucilaginous gleba. 

 Basidia with 4-6, sessile, oblong, or cylindrical, pale yellowish spores. 

 Growing on the ground. 



4. C. caninus (Huds.) Fr. Sow. Engl. Fung. t. 330, as Phallus in- 



odorus. Caninus, pertaining to a dog. 



Volva 1-2 cm., white, or yellowish, oval, or oblong, splitting into 

 two or three lobes at the apex, springing from a white, cord-like 

 mycelium at the base. Receptacle 6-9 x 1 cm., white, or rosy, sub- 

 fusiform, apex perforate or imperforate, hollow, cellular. Pileus red, 

 2 cm. long, adnate to the apex of the receptacle, acutely digitaliform, 

 covered at first with green mucus. Spores pale yellowish, oblong, 

 3-5 x 2/*. Smell slight. Amongst dead leaves, and on old stumps, 

 especially in mixed woods. June Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



5. C. bambusinus (Zoll.) Rea. Engl. & Prantl. Nat. Pflanz. Fam. i**, 



t. 142, figs. G I, as Mutinus bambusinus Zoll. 



Bambusinus, pertaining to bamboos. 



Receptacle 10-12 x 1 cm., bright red, or pinkish, the upper half 

 sporiferous and tapering into an acute point, purplish red, covered at 

 first with green mucus. Spores cylindrical, 4 x 1-5/n. Smell very 

 foetid. Probably introduced with plants from Java. Rare. 



Phallus (Micheli) Pers. 



(<aAA.o5, penis.) 



Peridium globose, becoming torn into irregular lobes at the apex. 

 Receptacle hollow, cylindrical, or fusiform. Pileus reticulated, apical, 

 attached only by the apex, covered on the outside with the mucilaginous 

 gleba. Basidia with 4-8, sessile, oblong, pale yellowish spores. Grow- 

 ing on the ground. 



6. P. impudicus (Linn.) Pers. Grev. Scot. Crypt. Fl. figs. 213-214, 



as Phallus foetidus. Impudicus, shameless. 



Volva 3-5 cm., white, or yellowish, globose, then oval, splitting into 

 irregular lobes at the apex, springing at the base from dense masses 

 of white, cord-like mycelium. Receptacle white, cylindrical, attenu- 

 ated at both ends, 10-30 x 1-3 cm., cellular, hollow, perforate at the 

 apex. Pileus 3-5 cm. long, cylindrical, white, at first covered with 

 green mucus, attached at the apex to the receptacle by a narrow disc, 



