The Hunchbacks and Mimics 
Her cephalo-thorax is so tiny that it 
is hardly noticeable. The abdomen 
abn ——y is the impor- 
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body It is in the form of a pyramid, 
with the base uppermost. ‘The sides 
are inconspicuously streaked with 
brown and buff, while the upper part 
is mottled black and white. A rim 
extends around it, with eight pointed 
projections. 
You have seen a little flowerless 
plant, called a fungus, that grows in 
tufts and scallops upon dead logs and 
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