strange plant had appeared in their tomato bed, which was clearly Lysurus 

 (Anthurus) borealis again. Later it appeared in profusion. Sometimes there 

 were a dozen plants. The tomato bed had been filled the fall before with pre- 

 pared soil, which the man who furnished it said was made up of rotted sod. 

 I suspect that it also contained street sweepings, but of that I could not be cer- 

 tain. As you have asked in Mycological Notes for information as to the oc- 

 currence of this phalloid, I am giving you these details." 



PHALLUS AURANTIACUS (Fig. 171). The most interesting 



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paper I have recently seen on this phalloid is by N. A. Cobb, of Hawaii, 

 on the "Fungus Maladies of the Sugar Cane." Mr. Cobb has dis- 



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