Phalloidese 



Plant 6-8 in. high. Volva 2> in. in diameter. Stipe i% in. PhaUus. 

 thick in the middle. Pileus 2 in. in height. The long veil usually 

 clings close to the stipe though sometimes swinging free and much ex- 

 panded. In this species the gleba extends over the apex and there is 

 no thick smooth ring encircling the perforation as in the preceding 

 species (P. Daemonum). Morgan. 



Growing in woods about old stumps and rotten logs. West Virginia, 

 in woods, along mountain trails; Mt. Gretna, Pa., in mixed woods, 

 summer. Mcllvaine. 



In the forests of the West Virginia mountains, P. duplicatus is fre- 

 quent. Before rupture of the volva the plant is a semi-gelatinous mass, 

 tenacious and elastic. It has little taste or smell. Cut in slices and 

 fried, or stewed, it is a tender, agreeable food. 



b. Veil not reticulate, concealed beneath the pileus. 



P. Ravenel'ii B. and C. Volva subglobose or ovoid, pinkish ; with an 

 inner membrane, the lower half of the veil surrounding the base of the 

 stem; segments 2 or 3. Stem cylindric, tapering at each end, cellu- 

 lose; the veil membranous, scarcely half as long as the pileus and con- 

 cealed beneath it. Pileus conico-bell-shaped ; the surface not reticu- 

 late-pitted after deliquescence ; the apex smooth and closed or finally 

 perforate. Spores elliptic-oblong, 4x52^. 



Plant 5-7 in. high. Volva i>2-2 in. in diameter. Stem nearly i in. 

 thick. Pileus i / in. in height. This species vitiates the genus Dic- 

 tyophora and it can not very well be placed in Ithyphallus. 



Growing in woods and fields about rotting stumps and logs. Morgan. 



South Carolina, Ravenel; Ohio, Morgan; New York, Peck. 



II. ITHYPHAL'LUS Fischer. (Gr. erect; Gr. phallus.) 

 Stipe without an indusium or veil dependent from its apex. Morgan. 



P. impudi'cus Linn. (Plate CLVIII.) Volva globose or ovoid, 

 white or pinkish; segments 2 or 3. Stem cylindric, tapering at each 

 end, cellulose, without a veil. Pileus conic-campanulate ; the surface 

 reticulate pitted after deliquescence, the apex smooth, at first closed, at 

 length perforate. Spores elliptic-oblong, 4-5x2^. 



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