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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Figure 484. Geaster Archeri. 



Geaster aspcr. Michelius. 



Exoperidium revolute, cut to about the middle in eight to ten segments. 

 Both mycelial and fleshy layers are more closely adherent than in most species. 

 Pedicel short and thick. Inner peridium subglobose, verrucosa. Mouth conical. 

 beaked, strongly sulcate, seated on a depressed zone. Columella prominent, per- 

 sistent. Capillitium threads simple, long tapering. Spores globose, rough. 



The characteristic of this plant is the verrucose inner peridium. Under a 

 glass of low power it appears as though the peridium were densely covered with 

 grains of sharp sand. This plant alone has this characteristic, to our knowledge; 

 and althouQ-h it is indicated in the figures of G. cornatus of both Schaeffer and 



