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pile was in a state of fermentation, so that only a few inches from 

 the surface it was decidedly hot to the hand. On digging down 



Fig. 180. — Coprinus macrorhizus. Fruit -l)odies in various stage.-; of development 

 with short pseudorliizae. A and B, each with a p.seudorhiza capped by a pileiis 

 growing upwards through the substratum. (', a fruit-body nearing the surface 

 of the ground with an enlarging pileus. D, E, F. stages in the elongation of the 

 stipe and the expansion of the pileus. G and H, the stipes have attained full 

 length ; in G, the gills are disappearing through autodigestion and spores are 

 being shed ; in H, tlie pileus has been almost completely destroyed through 

 autodigestion, and spore-discharge has ceased. Natural size. 



into the manure, I found that many of the fruit-bodies had very 

 long rooting bases. Using Fayod's terminology, we shall now 



