44 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



FAM. V. 

 PHALLOIDEAE. 



Receptacle and gleba at first enclosed in a universal volva 

 composed of three distinct layers, the central one being 

 gelatinous at maturity; spores minute, elliptic-oblong, 

 smooth, when mature involved in mucus. 



Phalloideat, Fr., Syst. Myc. ii. p. 281 ; Mass., Hon. Gast., 

 p. 87. 



Complete differentiation of the various parts up to the 

 spore formation takes place underground, and while yet 

 enclosed in the white, sub-elastic volva. When the spores 

 are mature and involved in the green mucus resulting from 

 the disintegration of the elements of the hymenium, the 

 volva is ruptured by the rapid expansion of the receptacle, 

 which elevates into the air the mucus containing the spores. 



ITHYPHALLUS. Fischer, (fig. 3, p. 43.) 



Keceptacle elongated, hollow, cellular, perforate at the 

 apex ; pileus reticulated, attached only to the apex of the 

 receptacle. 



Ithyphallus, Fischer, Ueber die Phalloideen, p. 41, Mass., 

 Mon. Gast., p. 87. 



Phallus, Mich., Gen., p. 201. 



Distinguished by the pileus being attached only to the 

 perforated margin of the receptacle. 



Ithyphallus impudicus. Fisch. (fig. 3, p. 43.) 



Receptacle elongato-fusiform, colourless ; pileus reticu- 

 lated externally; spores immersed in an olive-green, very 

 strong-smelling gluten ; spores cylindrical, 3-5 X 2 /A. 



Ithyphallus impudicus, Fischer, Ueb. die Phalloid., Mass., 

 Mon. Gast., p. 88, f. 44. 



Phallus impudicus, Grev., Scot. Or. FL, t. 213 ; Berk., Outl. 

 297, t. 20, f. 3 ; Cke., Hdbk., n. 364, f. 108. 



Phallus iosmos, Berk., Eng. Fl. v. p. 227. 



On the ground in woods, &c. The fungus frequently 

 attains the size of a hen's egg before bursting through the 



