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BASIDIOMYCETES. 



pileus, the colour of the spores, etc., etc. A knowledge of the 

 colour may be obtained by plac- 

 ing the pileus with the lamellee 

 turned downwards on a piece of 

 white or coloured paper, so that 

 the spores, as they fall off, are 

 collected on the paper, and. the 

 arrangement of the lamellae can 

 then be clearly seen. 



FIG. 175. Canthardlus cibarius (reduced). 



FIG. 176. Armillaria mellca (| nat. sizel : 

 a root of a Fir; b rhizomorpha-strands ; 

 c-f fruit-bodies in four different stages of 

 development. 



FIG. 177. The mycelium of Armillaria mellea (" Rhizomorplta") (nat. size). 



