May. lois. 



KNOWLEDGE. 



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Figure 99. Collybia tuberosa growing on a dead 

 toadstool. 



FIGURE 102. The mycelium of a fungus which has spread 



to the under surface of a decaying log of wood, from the 



dead leaves on which it was lying. 



Figure 100. Flamtnuta sapinca growing on dead leaves. 



The fine white threads of the mycelium or true fungus 



plant are seen in the soil, and also attached to the stalk of 



one of the toadstools which has been pulled up. 



Figure 103. The Horse Mushroom {Psalliota arvensis). 



Specimens found growing in a garden in the middle of 



London. 



Figure 101. I'he Stumptuft (Armillaria mellea). 



I 'i \m. Voting, imperfectlj expanded specimens of 

 the Stumptufl (Armillaria mellea). 



