1896] THE PHALLOIDEA: OF THE UNITED STATES 381 
the middle, tapering to an obtuse point. Apex covered with a semifluid 
brown substance of a fetid smell. 
Conn. C. Wright (222).” 
This dried specimen measures 4" in length and has a stipe 
#" in diameter at its widest part where it leaves the volva 
(10™ by 14™™). In the published description Berkeley adds 
that the spore-bearing part is confluent in structure with the 
portion below. This specimen agrees well with Morgan’s 
description and figure of MZ. dovinus. An alcoholic specimen, 
collected by Thaxter in Connecticut, and a dried specimen col- 
lected by Peck on Long Island, agree well with the Berkeley 
specimen and with Morgan’s figure. Corynites Curtisti and 
Mutinus bovinus are undoubtedly the same. 
Ihave not seen specimens or figures of Caromyces elegans 
Montagne. The description, although rather imperfect, seems to 
indicate its identity with C. Curtisii and M. bovinus. Ed. 
Fischer? states that he has seen a figure of Montagne’s plant in 
Herb. British Museum which agrees well with Morgan’s figure 
of M. bovinus. If this identity is established Montagne’s spe- 
cific name should be used for the plant. 
Murinus caninus (Huds.) Fries. 
Phallus caninus Huds. Angl. 2 :630. 
Phallus inodorus Sowerby, Fung. A/. 330. 
Phallus (Cynophallus) caninus Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 284. 1823. 
“scam caninus (Huds.) Fries, Summa Veg. Scand. 2. 1849. Chal 
»€. syst. Uebers. 55. 1886. Sacc. Syll. Fung. 7:12. 1888. Untersuch. - 
99. 1890. Morgan in Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 112147. 1889. 
Corynites Ravenelii B. & C. Trans. Linn. Soc. 21 1149. Al. 79. 1855: 
Corynites brevis B. & C. Curtis in Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv. N. C. Pt. 3. Bot- 
“my: 110. Cf. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 7: 30. 1880. 
Mutinus brevis B. & C. Morgan, Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 11: 147: 1889. 
Mutinus Ravenelii (B. & C.). Ed. Fischer, Saccardo’s Syll. Fung. 7° 13. 1888. 
Stipe hollow, cylindrical-fusiform, 2% to 6" long by ya" ee 
less thick (6 to 15 by 1); spore bearing part one-third to 
ne-sixth the total length of the stipe, oblong-ovoid or Mees 
* ‘ 
Cf. Ed. Fischer, 
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* Neue Untersuch. Phall. 39. 1893. 
