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and 



They were normal, 



cept that the st 

 Mules are used 



cars along the tramways, and a considerable amount of ma- 

 nure accumulates, which is thrown to one side in some aban- 



edible mush- 



don ed 



mines entered 



of the Aaaricus tvne were found 



manure 



The men were very 



One found in several mines hz 

 as Agaricus placomyces Peck. 

 B that these were indeed "mushrooms", and it was 

 [> find enough mature specimens for the purpose 

 cation, because the men kept them picked closely 

 them home to be cooked. 



culiar feature of the growth of these fungi under 

 >rmal conditions was that so many of them grew 

 ly normal manner. As above mentioned, masses 

 im of a number of other forms were very common, 



but thev seemed to be unable to form 



d 



gi for several years past have resulted 

 >erfectly normal fruiting bodies with b 



um commune 



Its absence in the mines 



especially conspicuous, not a fruiting body of it being seen, 

 except in one mine which seemed to contain more moisture 

 than some of the others. 



This 



degree of humidity 



forms 



bodies than do most 

 is mine the sporoph 



but were somewhat abnormal. They were large, very pu- 

 bescent, the gills w T ere very wavy in outline, and many were 



ded, being pendant at the center from 



cases the entire 



of Hydnum 



ome 



body 



composed of bran 



Clavaria-like growths, showing that the moisture was almo 



normal 



Polyporus gil- 



vus Schwein. is exceeedingly common in the forests of that 

 locality, but not a normal fruiting body was found in the 

 mines. A single mass of brown mycelium, however, was 





