United States and Canada. 



We have fourteen phalloids in our country. Phallus Ravenelii and Phallus 

 duplicatus are the most frequent. The form Phallus imperialis, which with 

 us replaces Phallus impudicus of Europe, is of a Western range, found in 

 California, Colorado, and Texas. But one Eastern station is known, Wash- 

 ington. D. C. Mutinus elegans is our most common Mutinus in rich woods. 

 Mutinus caninus is an Eastern species, and Mutinus Ravenelii is local and 

 rare. Laternea columnata is common in the South, and Clathrus cancellatus 

 is very rare and only known with certainty from the South. Phallus rubicundus 

 seems to be fairly common in the South. Simblum sphaerocephalum is very 

 rare. A list of known stations is given on page 67. Simblum Texense is 

 known only from Texas. Lysurus borealis seems to be an introduced plant. 

 Of late years it has been found a number of times, chiefly in the East and 

 in cultivated stations. Phallogaster saccatus is of rare occurrence. In addition 

 I have a specimen in alcohol from Florida, species not sure, but probably 

 Phallus gracilis. 



West Indies. 



The phalloids of the West Indies are not well known. Undoubtedly when 

 well observed, several of the Brazilian species will be found in the West 

 Indies. Clathrus crispus (and a doubtful form, pseudocrispus) : Clathrus 

 Americanus, recently found in the Bahamas by Mr. Brace; Clathrus gut- 

 tulatus, known only from an old drawing; Phallus indusiatus, common; Phallus 

 rubicundus, probably common ; Laternea columnata, common ; Laternea pusilla. 

 known from one collection ; Laternea triscapa, known only from an old draw- 

 ing, and Simblum sphaerocephalum, recently collected in the Bahamas by 

 Mr. Brace. 



South America. 



Most excellent work has recently been done on the phalloids of Brazil 

 by Moeller, and to this work is due most of our knowledge of South American 

 phalloids. He has published in a superb manner Clathrus chrysomycelinus, 

 Pseudocolus Garciae, Laternea columnata, Laternea rhacodes, Mutinus bambusi- 

 nus, Phallus subtilis, Phallus glutinolens, Phallus indusiatus (and a form, 

 Moelleri), Phallus callichrous (which is probably only a color form of in- 

 dusiatus), and Itajahya galericulata, a genus only known from South America. 



Simblum sphaerocephalum is a most common phalloid in South America, 

 but does not seem to have been, found, by Professor Mpeller. Clathrus Amer- 

 icanus is a recent species from Rev. F. A, Schupp, Brazil. 



Rev. J. Rick finds in his locality (Sao Leopolda) the following: Simblum 

 sphaerocephalum, Phallus indusiatus, Pseudocolus Garciae, Laternea columnata, 

 Laternea rhacodes, and Clathrus Americanus. 



There have been several imperfectly known phalloids from South America. 

 We would list Phallus Farlowii, Mutinus australis, Lysurus Sanctae-Catherinae, 

 Phallus roseus (a form of indusiatus), Mutinus xylogenus, Lysurus cruciatum, 

 Phallus campanulatus, Lysurus Clarazianus, Clathrus affinis (a form of cibarius, 

 known only from a specimen in the British museum), Laternea Spegazzini, 

 and Laternea crispus. In addition, several have been proposed by Spegazzini, 

 but they are mostly only word-descriptions, and nothing can be told about them. 

 For me an unillustrated phalloid has no place excepting in the rejected columns. 

 There has also been a "new genus," Alboffiella, illustrated by Spegazzini. Pro- 

 fessor Fischer has suggested, not without reason it seems to me, that it was 

 based on a Phallus with an accidental volva cap. Robert E. Fries suggests 

 it was based on Itajahya galericulata. If true, in either case, the work was 

 very poorly done. 



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