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In the button stage they sometimes carry and keep well for several 
days. 
The inner veil is slightly connected with the edges of the gills and 
thus the expansion of the pileus produces a tension which tears the 
veil from the surface of the stem, with which it is also connected by 
G. 6.—Surface of pileus, showing calyptra torn into large patches, which remain 
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tightly adherent to the pileus. 
“emnants of the fundamental tissue. This tissue, lying between the 
Veil and the stem, is very loose and floccose, so that it is torn into 
a delicate cottony mass, which often supports the veil in a divergent 
Position as it hangs from the apex of the stem (figs. 3, 4). The veil 
itself is very delicate in texture, and Mrs. BALLEN says that it “seems 
'o melt away” soon after the expansion of the plant. This indicates 
that it is not well differentiated from the fundamental tissue. In 
