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Fig 449 

 Merismus Talpae. 



TALPAE (Fig. 449). Pile! very large, forming a clump several 

 feet in diameter. Surface dark, dull, minutely velutinate, soft to the 

 touch. Pores in the dried specimen small, cinereous. Spores globose, 

 hyaline, 8 mic., slightly rough. This is the largest known species of 

 fleshy Polyporus. A specimen from Dutch Guiana at Leiden measures 

 7 2/3 feet in circumference. It occurs only as far as known in 

 Brazil and other parts of northern South America. 



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