13^ MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Key to the Species 



1. Net larye. perforated D. diiplu-alii 



2. Xet small, not perforated, concealed beneath the cap D. rai\-iii-Iii 



Dictyophora duplicata Net Stem 



Receptacle 3-5 cm. tall, conic to bell-shaped, more or less netted, with 

 a thick -white. 3-5-divided volva at the base of the stem, the latter more or less 



cvlindric. 12-20 cm. tall, spongv, with a netted 

 pierforate \e\\ or appendage which hangs down 

 as far as the volva, wdiite : spores elliptic, 

 4 X ~^>■■ '-l-'h>^ name refers to the presence of 

 the veil. 



I )n the ground in woods and clearings, 

 summer and autumn : edible when ^■erv voung. 



Dictyophora ravenelii 



R e c e p t a c 1 e 2-4 cm. tall, conic to 

 bell-shaped, smooth, with a [linkish 2-3-clivid- 

 ed volva at the base of the stem, the latter 

 cvlindric, 10-15 cm,, white, spongv. the veil 

 hidden beneath the cap ; spores elliptic. 

 4 >^ 2/.(. Named for the botanist. Ravenel. 



(Jn the ground, summer and autumn ; 

 edible when \iiung. 



iTIIYPn.\LLX-S 



Di-.tinguislied from Diet \- n [i bora 

 liv the entire absence iif a veil, but similar to 

 it in [iracticalh' all other respects. 



Ithyphallus impudicus 

 Stink-horn Fungus 



FiC'.UKE 96. DiCTVOPHOR.A K.-WK NELi I Receptacle 4-5 cm. tall, conic to 



bell-shaped, more or less netted and pitted ; 

 stem cvlindric, spongv, 12-20 cm. tall. \' o 1 \- a pinkish, globose. 2-3-divided : 

 spores elliptic, 4 X 2;^. 



( )n the ground, woodland, grassland, yards, etc., summer and autumn ; edible 

 when vouu''. 



