STINKHORN FUNGI 
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veloped. Common in woods, gardens, etc., especially under 
fir-trees, in sum and ant. Gregarious, springing from a thick 
white cord-like mycelium. Easily detected by the penetrat¬ 
ing smell. In old fungus floras there is reference to a var. 
iosmos , said to differ in the serrate borders of the reticula¬ 
tions of the pileus, and in its smell of violets. It is sup¬ 
posed to have been described by a mycologist with defective 
olfactory organs. The unequal contraction of a phalloid 
“ egg ” when drying has been frequently observed in 
specimens exhibited in the Vivarium at the Haslemere 
Educational Museum. In the course of a month they 
shrunk to about a quarter of the original size, much 
resembling that depicted in Plate XXIV. 3. 
MUTINUS 
(An appellation of Priapus) 
M. caninus (cams, dog), “ Dog Stinkhorn.” Plate 
XXIV. 4, 5. 
P. short, rugulose, red. Receptacle elongato-fusiform, 
white or rosy, cellular. The “egg” is about an inch high, 
the fully-developed plant from 3 to 5 in. Gregarious in 
woods and bushy places from June to Dec. Frequent. 
Never so strong smelling as P. impudicus; late in the year 
it is almost scentless. 
LYSURUS 
(Gr. luo, to loosen ; oura, a tail—from the free tail-like lobes 
of the mature pileus) 
L. australiensis (from its native country, Australia). 
P. | in. diam., usually 5-lobed, lobes attenuated upwards, 
each with a longitudinal depression in the middle and 
transversely rugose, tawny. Receptacle cylindrical, hollow, 
cellular, whitish, 5-7 in. high. V. globose, lobed, white. A 
