MUSHROOM GROWING 



The Satyr's Beard consists of a fleshy un- 

 branched basal mass, from which long 

 straight spines in a solid phalanx grow 

 downward, sometimes attaining a length of 

 an inch or more (Plate X\ d). Specimens 

 of this species have been collected along the 

 Missouri River weighing fourteen ounces, 

 and measuring seven inches across. 



The really beautiful species of this group 

 are the Coral Hydnum (Plate X\ e) and 

 the Bear's Head. When these species have 

 grown quickly in response to a favorable 

 environment they form elaborate tufts of 

 pure white, branching sporophores, icicled, 

 as it were, by their pendant spine-like, but 

 delicate, appendages. In each of these spe- 

 cies a common stem grows from the wood, 

 and this becomes variously and gracefully 

 branched to form the tufts. In the Coral 

 Hydnum the teeth clothe the under surfaces 

 of all branches and branchlets, so that a cer- 

 tain delicacy and simplicity of each part is 

 maintained. This species has been found in 

 clusters which could barely be placed in a 



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