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kind of root-rot which eventually kills the vine. So far as I 

 am aware there is no record of injury caused to cultivated 

 plants in this country by this fungus, yet as in many other 

 well-proved cases, a fungus, for some hitherto unknown 

 reason, suddenly assumes the character of - a destructive 

 parasite. The ' Stinkhorn,' as Ithyphallus is called by country 

 people, is often a great nuisance when it grows in hedgerows 

 or under bushes in gardens, on account of its very offensive 



FIG. 107. Ithyphallus caninus. Hymenium of fungus 

 partly covered with olive mucus, in which the very minute 

 spores are embedded. Several flies are present feeding on 

 the mucus. Nat. size. 



smell. The fungus will be readily recognised by the aid of 

 the accompanying illustration. 



Mixing the soil with quicklime kills the mycelium. 



Istvanffj, G., Ann. de flnst. Ampelog. Roy. Hongrois, 3 

 (1904). 



AGARICACEAE 



The members of this group come under the category of 

 mushrooms and toadstools, in common parlance, and are 



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