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Dictyophora ravenelii (B. & C.) Burt. This plant also has a 

 the Eastern United States. The stem is more 



wide distribution in 

 slender than in the 

 other species, D. 

 duplicata, the pile- 

 us more nearly 

 conic, and the sur- 

 face of the pileus 

 is merely gran- 

 ular or minutely 

 wrinkled after the 

 disappearance of 

 the gleba, and 

 does not present 

 the strong reticu- 

 lating ridges and 

 crests which that 

 species shows. 

 The plants are 

 from 10 to i8 cm. 

 high. It grows in 

 woods and fields 

 about rotting 

 wood, and in sawdust 



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Figure 214. Dictyophora ravenelii. Egg stage, caps just bursting 

 through the volva (natural size). Copyright. 



The veil is very thin and delicate, form- 



FiGURE 215. Dictyophora ravenelii. Sections of eggs, and showing cords of 

 mycelium (natural size). Copyright. 



