227 
by the Agency of Insects. 
We see from this table that in the Phalloidei the receptacle, 
or the part that is conspicuous during the exposure of the 
deliquescing hymenium, is some tint of red in more than half 
the species, and white in nearly the other half ; these two 
colours occurring in above 91 per cent, of the species. Those 
with yellow receptacles are confined, with the exception of 
I thy phallus ( Phallus ) tenuis, to the genus Simblum , although 
others may have yellow tints in particular parts, or as 
varieties (see Table II). 
The question now arises whether the colours exhibited by 
the receptacles of the Phalloidei correspond with the colours 
of the receptacle in other fungi. I give in Table IV the per- 
centages of the colour of the receptacle in 1288 species of 
fungi other than Phalloidei as shown in Tulasne’s Fungi Hy- 
pogaei, in Cooke’s 1 plates of the Agarici in his Illustrations 
of British Fungi, and in Bulliard’s Champignons de la France 
in the Herbier de la France, which comprises fungi of many 
groups. 
TABLE IV. 
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It is very clear from this table that the coloration of the 
Phalloidei is exceptional. We see that among them 91-5 per 
cent, are either red or white, while only 20-1 per cent, of 
Nos. 19, 20, 21, 25, 29, 30 were not accessible to me. 
