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they are boiled or sometimes baked. 

 Their use is not very common. 



Phyllitis fascia (Haba-nori). Young 

 plants of this species are collected and 

 laid out in sheets after a method which 

 will be explained more in detail in con- 

 nection with the uses of Porphyra. The 

 sheets are dried in the sun and afterwards 

 baked, powdered and eaten with soy. 



Haba-nori is used principally by the 

 peasantry of the Province of Awa and 

 Sagami. 



Chordaria abietina (Matsumo). This 

 is particularly abundant in northern 

 Japan, where it is collected and packed 

 in salt. It is cooked with soy and 

 is a common food of the poorer classes 

 in the north. It is also employed in 

 the preservation of mushrooms, which 

 are washed with fresh water and layered 

 in tight barrels in which the salted sea- 

 weeds are preserved. 



