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jelly fungi, irregular to funnel- or cup- 

 shaped nnasses; clear, grayish, purplish 

 or brownish; jelly, rubbery or waxy 

 when moist 



Judas ear, ear-shaped, 

 veined, tan to brown^ 

 jelly fungus texture 



tuning-fork 

 fungus, nnostly 

 yellow to red, 

 jelly fungus 

 texture 



bird nest 

 fungus, note 

 eggs 



earthstar, outer wall opens when fungus is 

 near maturity, otherwise puff ball-like 



puffball, fleshy to firmer, smooth to warty 



coral fungi, club- to antler-like, white 

 to drab or colorful, not black, fleshy 

 to firmer 



stink horn, 

 foul odor 

 from cap 

 spores 



rusts, mostly 



scattered reddish 



lesions on plants 



smuts, mostly black 



continuous growths 



in part to all of an 



organ 



Figure 8.14 Conspicuous club fungi, exclusive ot mushrooms, about natural size. Truffles, 

 rarely encountered, edible, underground type are not shown. 



