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GASTEROMYCETES<br />
FRUITING BODY 5-8 in. high, l-2)/2 in. thick at the base, tapering upward<br />
sHghtly, odor fetid and very disagreeable, stipe cyhndrical, spongy or honeycombed,<br />
hollow, white, sheathed at base by remains of egg forming a whitish<br />
to brownish volva. pileus more or less conical, attached to the apex of the<br />
stipe, perforated, reticulate, greenish black, veil lacy and net-hke, whitish to<br />
pinkish, attached to apex of stipe beneath the pileus and projecting below it.<br />
SPORES 3.5M X 1.5-2.0 M-<br />
Singly or gregarious in the woods or in gardens, usually around dead<br />
trees or stumps. July-Oct.<br />
The large size and lacy veil are the distinguishing characters of this<br />
species.<br />
PHALLUS RAVENELII Berk. & Curt. Not edible<br />
Figure 371, page 255<br />
EGG 1-2 in. in diameter, more or less egg-shaped to subglobose, whitish to<br />
pinkish, or tinged lilac, tough, wrinkled at the base, attached by a pinkish<br />
lilac rhizomorph. fruiting body 4-6 in. high and y2-\ 54 in. thick, odor fetid<br />
and very disagreeable, stipe whitish to yellowish, somewhat spongy or honeycombed,<br />
hollow, equal or tapering upward, encircled by a white, membranous<br />
band from the veil, the base enclosed by the remains of the egg, forming a<br />
volva. PILEUS more or less conical, attached around a raised, white, perforated<br />
disk at the apex, granular, shiny, greenish to olive-gray, spores 3-3.5 X 1.5 /x-<br />
Usually gregarious on sawdust or very rotten wood. June-Oct.<br />
The eggs might be mistaken for a puffball but if they are cut open the out-<br />
line of the young fruiting body can be seen surrounded by a layer of a jelly-<br />
Hke substance. A closely related species, P. impudicus Pers., has a deeply<br />
reticulated pileus.<br />
CYATHUS STRIATUS Pers. Not edible<br />
Figure 372, page 255<br />
FRUITING BODY V^-Y^ in. tall, V^-Vi in. broad at the mouth, tapering to the<br />
base, somewhat vase-shaped, attached by a pad of brown mycelium, exterior<br />
dark cinnamon-brown, coarsely fibrillose, inner surface pallid to blackish or<br />
tinged purplish, striate, mouth at first closed by a thin fibrillose epiphragm<br />
which ruptures and disappears at maturity, peridioles more or less flattened or<br />
disk-shaped, nearly black, attached to the cup by an elastic cord, spores hya-<br />
line, thick-walled, 14-20 X 8-1 2/i.<br />
Oct.<br />
Gregarious to cespitose on old sticks and various vegetable debris. July-<br />
This species is distinguished by the striations on the inner surface of the<br />
cup. C. stercoreus (Schw.) de Toni is another common species growing on the<br />
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