Offensive Fung! 



GENUS DICTYOPHORA 



The genus Dictyophora differs from the genus Phallus in 

 having a veil suspended from the apex of the stem, underneath 

 the pileus or cap. 



Dictyophora Ravenelii 



Stem Tapering at both ends. 



Veil Short, not reaching below the cap. 



Dictyophora duplicata 



fW/ Voluminous, hanging for several inches below the cap. 



It is thought that this delicate white network, which hangs 

 like a lace skirt below the cap, renders the fungus additionally 

 conspicuous after dark, thus attracting the night moths and other 

 night-flying insects. 



MutinuS CaninUS (SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 138) 



Cap or Pileus Flesh coloured. The spore-bearing mass, oblong, 

 ovoid, or conical, occupying one-third to one-sixth the total 

 length of the stipe. 



..Spore mass 



Embryo 

 plant 



Velva... 



Volva 



Young plant 

 M. caninus 



Sulk 



Volva 



M. batnbusinus 



Stem or Stipe Hollow, cylindrical, fusiform. 

 Habitat About buildings, in gardens and thickets. 



R*'-Yn-T-H 



Du-pll-ca'-t4 

 Mu-G'-ntts 



120 



Ca-m'-ntts 

 Bam-bu-si'-nfts 



