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In both my specimens abundance of spores were obtained, and as 

 tliey were freely shed they may be regarded as mature. The nature 

 of the soil in which the sclerotium occurs may have something to do 

 with the color of the Pohjporus, for in the specimens obtained from 

 Tasmania the pileus was tinged a distinct canary-yellow. 



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