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If one of them is examined, it is seen to be a 

 curious short-stemmed mushroom which never fully 

 expands (Plate 16), perhaps five inches high, and 

 whose surface is curiously decorated with shaggy 



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patches. In its early stages it is white and singular- 

 ly egglike, but later becomes brownish, its curved 

 shaggy points finally changing to almost black. The 

 concealed gills are crowded and of equal length, at 



