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separated by from three to five others which are shallower and 

 shorter (Fig. 41, E). The upper layer of the pileus presents a 



Fig. 41. — SchizophyJIum commune — a specialised xerophyte. A and B, fruit-bodies 

 seen from above growing on wood. Natural size. C and D, two fruit-bodies 

 seen from below and in section respectively. About twice natural size. E, 

 section through a pileus during wet weather showing the gills, which are split 

 down their median planes. F, section through a pileus after desiccation. E 

 and F about 12 times the natural size. 



woolly appearance and is made up of tangled hyphse which extend 

 downwards towards the median planes of all the deeper gills. 



