BIRD'S NEST FUNGI 



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JIUTIXUS 



Distinguished l)y tlie receptacle seeming but a continuation of the stem, and 

 hence not cap-like. The stem also lacks a veil. 



Mutinus caninus 



R e c e [I t a cl e 2-3 cm. tall, wrinkled, red ; s t e m cylindric, tapering, white 

 or reddish, 7-10 cm. ; v o 1 v a more or less slieathing, torn at the top ; spores ellip- 

 tic, 6 >,; 4,j.. 



( )n the ground in woodlan<l and clearings, summer and autumn; edible when 

 voung, i. e.. in the "egg" stage. 



BIRD'S NEST FUNGI NIDULARIACEAE 



Cup-shajied fungi at first covered by a membrane, which ruptures, disclosing 

 the small seed-like s]>ore-bearing bodies. Small fungi of clustered haliit ; not ediltle 

 owing to the leathery texture. 



