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FIG. 196. THE CLUBBED CORDYCEPS (Cordyceps capitata). 



IE. Step. 



This is a much larger species with stouter head (spore masses). Like the Snake's-tongue, it is a parasite upon 



another species of Hart Truffle (Klaphomyces granulalus), a subterranean fungus of spherical form that would be 



difficult to find but for the presence of the Cordyceps above ground, 



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