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FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



Fig. 1, section of Sparassis crispa, much reiluced :— Fig. 2, Clavaria 

 ahietina, nat. size;— Fig. 3, spores of same, highly mag. ;— Fig. 4, Clavaria 

 inaequalis, nat. size;— Fig. 5, Typhula erythropus, nat. size ;— Fig. 6, 

 FistiUaria tenvipes, nat. size ;— Fig. 7, spores of same, highly mag. ;— 

 Fig. 8, Clavaria pisfillari>t, basidium bearing four spores, higlily mag. ;— 

 Fig. 9, ristillaria quisquilaris, nat. size. 



SPARASSIS. Fr. (fig. 1, p. 74.) 



Fleshy, branched, branches flattened, laciniate, variously 

 contorted and grown together, entirely covered with the 

 hymenium. 



SiJarassis, Fries, Ilym. Eur., p. 66G ; Cko., ITdbk., p. 330. 



Forming large, irregularly globose, compact tufts, the 

 brittle branches variously flattened and contorted, with the 

 tips much cut. 



Sparassis crispa. Fr. (fig. 1, p. 74.) 

 Fragile; very much branched, branches very irregular, 



