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Fig. l~0.--PLnu-Ro'-TUS ap-pli-ca'-tus. — One (.f llie neatest of all tiny gray sessile 

 mushrooms,— a near relative of the Oyster Mushroom. It is shown natural size in 

 its natural habitat, that is to say, on old bark of fallen logs. It thrives only in mois- 

 ture; thcso specimens were found en the narrow neck of land hemming in a cove at 

 Cedar Point, near Sandusky, Ohio. Tlie large log was well shaded and these little 

 yilants throve in swarms. 



