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In woods. Extremely common in some districts, but local.
Smell very fetid.
2. P. iosmos, B . ; pale reddisli-grey; pileus conical, reticulated;
borders of the reticulations strongly toothed.—Curt.
Brit. Ent. x. t. 469.
Sandhills. Lowestoft. I have seen no fresh specimens.
Scent somewhat like violets at a distance, hut very offensive
when the plant is dried.
60. CYNOPHALLUS, Fr.
Pileus adnate, imperforate, uneven. Veil none.
1. C. caninus, Fr.—Sow. t. 330.
Amongst decayed leaves, in woods. Local. Stem white
or pinkish. Root filiform, branched, creeping in every direction.
61. CLATHRUS, Mich.
Stem none. Receptacle forming an ovate or globose n e twork
; branches of the network cellular within.
1. C. cancellatus, L . ; obovate, branches of the receptacle
anastomosing obliquely.—Huss. i. t. 86.
In woods. South of England and Ireland, as at the Isle
of Wight, Torquay, etc. Very beautiful, but extremely fetid.
Branches resembling sealing-wax, covered here and'there with
an olive sporiferous mass.
O e d e e 9 . TBIOHOGASTRFS.
Peridium single or double. Hymenium at length drying
up into a dusty mass of threads and spores.
62. BATARREA, P.
Volva universal, central stratum gelatinous. Receptacle
pileiform, bursting through the volva, seated at the top of a
tall stem.
1. B. phalloides, P . ; stem equal, spores brownish.
On sandhills, or in the hollow of old trees at the base.
Rare. New Brighton, Rev. T. Higgins. Dropmore, etc. In
habit resembling Phallus, in structure Tulostoma.—Sow. t. 390.
63. TULOSTOMA, P.
Peridium thin, papyraceous, the outer coat separating, distinct
from the elongated stem.
1. T. mammosum, F r . ; stem equal, somewhat scaly;
mouth of the peridium prominent, mammseform, entire.—
Sow. t. 406.
On old walls, amongst moss. Local. Not uncommon
about London. The base of the receptacle is free all round.
Stem nearly of the same texture as in Batarrea.
64. OEASTER, Mich.
Peridium double, outer distinct, persistent, bursting, and
divided into several stellate lobes.
1. O. coliformis, P .; outer peridium multifld, expanded;
inner supported by many slender short stems; apertures numerous,
ciliated.—Sow. t. 313.
On the ground. Local. Scarcely found except in Norfolk
and Suffolk. One of the largest of the genus.
2. G. fornicatns, F r .; outer peridium subquadrifid,. separating
into two coats, connected at the tips of the divisions,
and vaulted ; mouth conical, plicato-sulcate.—Sow. t. 198.
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