88 Mas see. — A Monograph of 
I thy phallus ) Fischer, Ueber die Phalloideen, p. 41 ; Sacc., 
Syll. vii, p. 8. 
Phallus , Mich., Gen. p. 20 1. 
Phallus (I thy phallus), Fries, S. M. ii, 283, 
Ithyphallus impudieus, (L.) Fischer (Fig. 44). Receptacle 
subfusiform, perforated at the apex, hollow, colourless ; pileus 
reticulated, attached to the perforate apex of the receptacle, 
otherwise free ; spores immersed in olive gluten, cylindrical 
with rounded ends, 3-5x2 \ u. 
Phallus impudieus , Linn., Suec. n. 1261 ; FI. Dan. 1 . 175 ; 
Schaeff., Fung. t. 196-198 ; Bull., Champ, t. 276, t. 182 ; Bolt., 
t. 92; Grev., Scot. Cr. FI. t. 213; Berk., Eng. Flora, v, 
p. 226 ; Berk., Outl. 297, t. 20, f. 3 ; Cke., Hdbk. p. 364, f. 108 ; 
Fries, Syst. Myc. ii, p. 283; Price, 111 . Fung. pi. 20, f. 130; 
Quel., Enchirid. 234 ; Wint., Kr. FI. 869. 
Ithyphallus impudieus (L.), Fischer, Ueber die Phal- 
loideen ; Sacc., Syll. vii, p. 8. 
Phallus foetidus , Sow., t. 239. 
Phallus iosmos , Berk., Eng. Flor. v, p. 227 (specimen 
in Hb. Berk.) ; Phil, and Plow., Grev. iv, p. 119. 
Exs. — Desm., Cr. Fr. ser. 1, 2025 ; Roum., Fung. Gall. Exs. 
2615 ; Sacc., Myc. Ven. 837 ; Fuckel, Fung. Rhen. 1270. 
In woods and bushy places, not uncommon, and readily 
detected at a distance of several yards by its abominable 
smell. Bournemouth ! Kew ! Chepstow ! Bristol ! Leeds ! 
Scarborough! Carlisle! — Europe; United States; India 
(Churra). 
Several sporophores of various sizes usually spring from the 
widely spreading white, cord-like, strands of mycelium. The 
plant frequently attains the size of a hen’s egg before the volva 
is ruptured. The foetid odour is given out when the spores 
are mature, and attracts great numbers of large flies, who 
greedily devour the dripping mucus containing the spores, and 
thus probably assist in their dissemination. 
Mutinus (Huds.), Fr. 
Receptacle stem-like, hollow, wall with a single row of 
