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union with the pileus (figs. 7, g). Another type (figs. 7, 2) of general 
outline often occurs in which the enlargement from base of stem to 
apex of pileus is gradual and the curvature does not coincide with the 
junction of pileus and stem. 
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Fies. 3-8.—Craterellus taxophilus. 
Fic. 3.—A group of plants showing the variation in form. Natural size. Fic. 
4-—g,the largest specimen seen, attached to a twig; and 2, the same specimen after 
in 5.—4, showing margin involute ; 
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ration. Fic. 7.—A group of basidia much enlarged. Fic. 8.— Different forms of 
cystidia. 
The plants are hygrophanous when moist, and slightly viscid or 
glutinous when fresh. The flesh is very soft and almost waxy. The 
dried plants are extremely light and fragile. The stem is composed of 
a solid mass of more or less parallel hyphae, and expands directly to 
form the pileus, which is made up of very loosely woven hyphae in the 
