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FIG. 693. CANDLE- SNTJFF FUNGUS (Xylaria hypoxylon). 



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One of the Pyrenomycetes, that grows upon old stumps. The black, flattened, and branching conidiophores present much 

 the appearance of wicks that have smouldered out. The whiteness is due to the tips being coated with the conidia. 



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