Laced Stinkhorn.
Photo by C. G. Lloyd.
Plate LV. Figure 446.—Phallus duplicatus.
Natural size, showing veil.
Volva egg-shaped, thick, whitish, frequently having a pinkish tinge.
The stem is cylindrical, cellulose, tapering upward. The veil is reticulate, frequently surrounding the whole of the stem from the pileus to the volva, often torn. The pileus is pitted, deliquescent, six to eight inches high, apex acute. Spores elliptic-oblong.
I am sure I never saw finer lace-work than I have seen on this plant. A few years ago one of these plants insisted upon growing near my house, where a fence post had formerly been, with the effect of almost driving the family from home. One can hardly imagine so beautiful a plant giving off such an odor. It is not a common plant in our state.