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plant debris from year to year. Often apparently earth-inhabit- 

 ing fungi can be traced back to their attachment to wood lying 

 buried in the soil, and many plants which may apparently live 

 both on the soil and on the wood belong to this category. 



Fig. is.— An earth-dwelling fungus (Lepiota procera) of the gill fungi. Original. 



Among the earth-inhabiting fungi the mushroom group is per- 

 haps most prominent, but a host of other fungi have a similar 

 habit. Club fungi, many pore fungi, puflf balls, carrion fungi, 

 cup fungi, and saddle fungi are found among the commoner 

 forms. 



