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URITlSll FUNGI 



Colour greenish grey. The apothecia are brownish in ccjlour, and 

 grow round the edge" of the funnel-shaped cup. 

 On banks, stumps, etc. 



Cladonia gracilis. — Ashy grey or greenish grey, long and usually 

 tapering to a point ; apothecia or fruit bodies brownish. 

 On the ground on heaths, etc. Common. 



cladonia i^racilis 



Usnea baybata {V\. XXXIX, lig. 2) (tree-moss or beard-moss).— 

 Greyish green or straw-coloured. When young it usuahy gro\\s 

 erect and is rigid, becoming limp and pendulous or drooping when 

 older. Common on old forest trees, more especially conifers, which 

 are often coated with dense, shaggy fleeces, varying from a few 

 inches to a |oot jn length. It is very widely distributed over the 



