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CLASS XXir. ORDER VL 



MoNiLA. Consisting of moniliform filatnenls 

 clustered into a head. 58. 1 — coesjiitosa^ (bead-fun- 

 gus) branched with ternate spikes. 



X-YLOSTROMA. Fungus leathery, expanded, de» 

 formed, penetrating, snr>ooth, even : seeds among 

 the fibres, globular minute. 58. I — giganteum^ 

 (leather punk, or oak leather) fibres parallel, the 

 •whole fungus filling the interstices between the 

 cleavages of decaying wood. 



FIJVIS, 



