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whole story of vegetative growth, fruiting, spore liberation
and dispersal occurs below the surface. There are two more
or less distinct habitats (Fig. 6). Some of these fungi are
to be found on waterlogged sticks often submerged many
feet deep; others occur well below the lake surface on the
bases of dead reed-swamp plants such as Typha, Phrag-
mites, Schoenoplectus and Equisetum. For example, on