Offensive Fungi 
GENUS DICTYOPHORA 
The genus Dictyophora differs from the genus Phallus in 
having a veil suspended from the apex of the stem, underneath 
the pileus or cap. 
Dictyophora Ravenelii 
Stem—Tapering at both ends. 
Veit—Short, not reaching below the cap. 
Dictyophora duplicata 
Vei/—V oluminous, hanging for several inches below the cap. 
It is thought that this delicate white network, which hangs 
like a lace skirt below the cap, renders the fungus additionally 
conspicuous after dark, thus attracting the night moths and other 
night-flying insects. 
Mutinus Caninus (Sze Prats Facine Pace 136) 
Cap or Piteus—Flesh coloured. The spore-bearing mass, oblong, 
ovoid, or conical, occupying one-third to one-sixth the total 
length of the stipe. 
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M. caninus 
M. bambusinus 
Stem or Stipe—Hollow, cylindrical, fusiform. 
Habitat—About buildings, in gardens and thickets. 
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