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Variety rufescens (Pers.) 



Fig. 7 A plant whose cap is somewhat wavy on the margin. 



" 8 A plant whose cap is more regular. 



" 9 Vertical section of the cap and upper part of the stem of a plant. 



" 10 Four spores, X 400. 



PLATE 39. 



Clavaria PLAVA Schd'ff. 



Pale-yellow Clavaria. 

 Fig. 1 A young plant. 

 " 2 A full-grown plant. 



" 3 One of the principal branches with its branchlets. 

 " 4 Four spores, X 400, 



Clavaria botrytes Pers. 



Red-tipped Clavaria. 

 Fig. 5 A young plant. 

 " 6 A full-grown plant. 

 " 7 Four spores, X 400. 



Clavaria cristata Pers 



Crested Clavaria. 



Figs. 8 and 9 Plants with few branches. 



" 10 A plant witli many brandies and a dingy whitish color. 



" 11 A mature plant in wliich the tips of the branches have assumed a 



brown color. 

 " 12 Four spores, X 400. 



PLATE 40. 



: Amanita phalloidks FY. 



Poison Amanita. 



Fig. 1 A young plant with the cap slightly exjianded, and of a grayish-brown 

 color. 



" 3 A mature plant with the grayish-brown cap fully expanded and black- 

 ish-brown in the center. 



" 3 A very young plant just bursting from its wrapper, two fragments of 

 which still adhere to the cap. 



" 4 A plant with its blackish-brown cap partly expanded. 



" 5 A mature plant with its blackish-brown cap fully expanded. 



" 6 Vertical section through the center of an immature plant. 



" 7 Vertical section of the cap and upper part of the stem of a mature 

 plant. 



" 8 Four spores, x 400. 



PLATE 41. 



Amanita phalloidks Fr. 



Poison Amanita. 



Fig. 1 A plant with its whitish cap partly expanded. 



" 3 A plant with its whitish cap fully expanded. 



" 3 Vertical section through the center of a mature plant. 



