Phallus caninus. Red-headed Morell. 
PHALLUS Lift. Gen. PI. Cryptogamia Fungi. 
Fungus fupra reticulatus* fubtus itevis. 
Fan Syn. Gen. F ung r. 
PHALLUS caninus volvulus, ftipitatus, ftijtife cellulofo, capitulo impervio, rubro, rugofo. 
PHALLUS exilis Maratta?. Batarr. Fung. p. 7. t. 40. F. ? 
PHALLUS ca *>™s ftlpitatusj pileo riibro cellulofo acuto, apice claufb. Hudfon. FI. Angl. 
VOLVA magnitudine nucis mofchats, oblongo-ovata, t VOLVA, 
alba, laevis, intus gelatinola, tunica interiore I 
uperne truncata, Jig. 1, 2. f the i nner coa j- CHt at t0 p < ^ 2 
STIPES 
° r egg, tlie fize of a nutmeg, of an oblong, 
ovate ffiape* white* fmooth, gelatinous within, 
1 .. f- w . • . .. t the inner coat cut off at too. fir t 1 
extra volvam, lelquiuncialis, feu biuncialis, | STALK, beyond the volva, an incl^and a ha! for two 
magnitudine calami anferini majoris, teres, f ■ * • 1 • ’ ° r tWO 
filiformis, inferne acuminatus, cellulofus, fub-f 
pellucidus, pallide aurantiacus, intus cavus, I 
cito flaccefcens. fig. 3, 4, 5, 6. % 
inches in length, the fize of a large goofe- 
quill, round, filiform, terminating in a point 
at bottom, cellular* lomewhat tranfpareiit, of 
a pale orange colour, hollow within, foon be- 
CAPITULUM, nam pileus vix dici poteft, ftipiti infi - 1 HEAD, for™' 1 ^ fla ' CUl ' Fg-J>/h 6 . 
det, eftque feffile, femunciale, diametro fti-I 
pitis, oblongum, fubacuminatum, apice im- 1 
pervio albelcente, primo lividum, membrana I 
nitida, tenuiffima tedium, infra quam exigua ^ 
quantitas humoris virefcentis, feu materies fe- * 
minalis fere inodori cernitur, quS remota fu- f 
perficies capituli rubra et traufverfim rugofa ¥ 
apparet, nequaquam vero cellulofa, ficut in I 
impudico. ♦ 
i 
it cannot properly be called a cap, fits on 
the ftem, is feffile, about half an inch in 
length, and of the diameter of the ftem* ob- 
long, a little pointed, impervious and whitifh 
at top, at firft of a livid colour, and covered 
with a very thin, ffiining membrane, under- 
neath which is a fmall quantity of a greeniffi 
liquid, or feminal matter, almoft fcentlefs, 
which being removed, the furface of the head 
appears of a red colour, and tranfverfely 
wrinkled, but by no means cellular, as in the 
■% ftinking Morell. 
Mr. Ehret, the celebrated botanic painter, appears to have been the firft who difcbvered this rare Fattens in 
this country ; he found it m a wood near Salop*, and made drawings of it for one of his principal patrons 8 Mr 
Hunter gardener to the Earl of Mansteld, lately found it, though very fparingly, \lcaJwood and com 
mumcated feveral fpecmens of it to Mr. Dickson of Covent Garden. This autumn ,78,, on the 20th of Seo- 
tember I was fortunate enough to be prefent at the difcovering of one of them in Lord ManSfield'-s fmall Pine 
wood, famous for producing the Phallus impudicus, Hydmm aurifcalpium, and other Fungi; I was in fearcl, of 
thefe, when my draughtsman Mr Sower by pointed out to me a white fubftance, rifen little above the furface 
of the ground, and which at a diftance refembled the cap of a fmall white mufhroom ; not fufpefling it to be a y 
thnig extraordinary, I took it up with lefs caution than I (hould otherwife have done, and on openhfg it found ft 
to be the PbaUus canmus, \n the (late reprefentcd at Jig. ,. From the hafty manner in which ft wj gathered, I 
had no opportunity of oMcrvmg whether its roots were flmilar to thofe of the Phallus impudicus, but fffpeft they 
were; on examining it the next morning I was pleafed to find that the ftalk had Ihot ouf from its inclofL volvf 
more than an inch; the volva contained a jelly 111 the manner of the impudicus, in palling through which th- ftalk 
?hT„“;fe C nrMb W ‘ft f 0m takin fi P kce ^impudicus, becaufLhe pileus id mhh wider 
than the ftalk) the ftalk was cellulai and hollow, equally rapid 111 its growth as the impudicus, buc as its bafe con- 
tained 1 within the volva ran out to a finer point, fo the body of it was more uniformly of a fize throughout and 
of a faint orange colour; not having that firm waxy texture which enables the impudicus to fupport itfelf for 
many days, it quickly became flaccid after attaining its full growth. " 
Thus far we may obferve a great fimilarity In the ftruflure and oeconomy of the two plants we have been com- 
paring; 111 the remaining part, containing the fruflification, we find an amazing difference The Phallus tmtsu 
dscus carries on the top of the ftalk a very diftioft and perfea Pileus, or Ca Pi on the outlide of which the feminal 
matter is depofited in cells, without the lead covering ; in the caninus there is properly fpeaking no Pileus tlie 
part on the outlide of which the feminal matter is lodged, forms a capitulum, or head, which is onlv a continurt- 
tion of the ftalk, as appears on diffeSion, differing in its ftruflure and colour, this head has a wrinkled nor a 
reticulated furface, within thefe wrinkles, which are not very deep, the feminal matter is contained, and (r’ontrary 
to what we find in the impudicus ) covered by a very thill membrane ; we may obferve that this matter has very 
little fmell in it, nor do flies appear particularly fond of it; J 
This unufual ftrudture pf the Capitulum by no means agrees with Linn /eus v s generic chara&er of a Phallus 
as that implies a Pileus fmooth on the under, and reticulated on the outer fide * with which the impudicus perfectly cor- 
refponds* and yet every botanift would call this a Phallus-, hence there appears a neceffity for alrerino- its generic 
character, the effence of which leeffis to con flit in the Seeds being contained in a filly -like liquifying fubfiance, on the 
cutjide of a Capitulum dr Pileus. 
Batarra’s figure and defeription may poffibly be intended for this Fungus, there is no knowing with cer- 
tainty, fo great is their obfeurity. 
_ * In the margin of a Ray’s Synopfis which had been Mr. Ehret's, belonging tb Mr. Richard Haworth, Apothecary of Chancery-lane who 
kindly lent it me, there is the fdllowing remark at the Phallus impudicus, in Mr. Ehret's own hand writing : “ a fmailer fort found in a'uood 
“ near Salop, with Mr. Moore 1741» but it did not ftink*” 
