66 DISEASES OF TROPICAL PLANTS cn.m 



Schizophyllum lobatus and S. commune, Fries, of the 

 sugar-cane ; and an undetermined species of Crepidotus 

 on cacao. 



Order 4. PHALLALES. The species of this order are 

 much more complex than any. other fungi. When 

 mature, the spore-bearing part becomes a shiny, drip- 



FIG. 35. Marasinius sacchari of the sugar-cane. 



ping mass with a very vile odour. This odour, which 

 has led to the common name of " stinkhorn," is 

 especially attractive to flies, which are largely responsible 

 for the distribution of the spores. Species belonging 

 to the genus IthyphoMus are said to attack the sugar- 

 cane in the Hawaiian Islands (page 90). 



