474 



UKXKRAL IXDKX 



Dacryomyces deliquescens, absorption of 



water, 157- 

 158 



,, ,, hasidial and 



oidial fruit - 

 bodies, 171- 

 179 



,, drop - excre- 



tion, 9, 171 

 ,, illustrations 



of, 173, 175 



,, ,, position of 



hymenium 

 and violence 

 of spore- 

 discharge, 

 170, 176 



,, rate of spore - 



develop- 

 ment, 8, 44, 

 46, 49, 54, 

 161 



., ,, revival after 



desiccation, 

 160, 176 



,, spore - dis- 



charge, 156 

 ,, systematic 



description, 

 178-179 



,, violence of 



spore - dis- 

 charge, 169, 

 176, 192 



Dacryomyces stillatus, 172, 173, 177, 179 



Dacryomyceteae, and Tremellineae, 156 



,, basidial structure, 164, 



167-168 



., drop-excretion, 9 



,, violence of spore-dis- 



charge, 169 



Daedalea coiifragosa, interrupted spore - 



fall period, 116- 

 117,460 

 ,, ,, number of spores. 



138, 139 



Daldiiiia concentrica, spore-wall, 52 

 Daldinia vernicosa, spore-wall, 52 

 Dangeard, P. A., on Dacryomyces deli- 

 quescens, 174 

 Deakin, P. T., slugs named bv, 216, 



228 



Death of basidia, 273 

 De Bary, on paraphyses, 3 

 Deer, and fungi, 207 



Deliquescence (autodigestion), 241, 371- 



372 



Demelius, Fran, on paraphyses, 2 

 De Scynes, on paraphyses, 2 

 Desiccation, and fairy rings, 366 



,, and fruit-bodies, 157, 160, 



161, 399-400 



,, and mycelium, 246, 347 



Dickinson, S., on Fomes applanatus, 133 

 Dietel, P., on spore-discharge in Ure- 



dineae, KiS 

 Discomycetes, ascus-gun, 32-33 



,, violence of spore-dis- 



charge and position of 

 hymenium, 170 



Disterigmatic basidia, 316-317, 457 

 Doern, A. H., on squirrels as mycopha- 



gists, 209 



Drop, carried with spore, 7, 13-17 

 Drop-excretion, abnormal or absent, 17- 



19,48 

 ,. and rate of fall of spores, 



26 



,, and Stakes' Law, 20 



., chemistry of, 18-20 



function of, 24-26 

 ,, general account, 8-20 



,, historical remarks on, 



4-5 



,, illustrations of, 7, 10. 



12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 

 272, 287, 290, 292, 

 308,338,407,416,429 

 in Calocera cornea, 4-8 

 ,, size of drops, 11-13 



Dwarf fruit -bodies, 82-88, 459 



EDIBLE fungi, Marasmius oreades, 93- 



94 

 ,, ,, parasitised Lactarius 



piperatus, 68-69 

 Edmonds, J., photograph by, 81 

 Elaphomyces </i-tiuu1ri1ii.<*, eaten by squir- 

 rels, 195, 198 

 ,, ,, illustration of, 



198 

 Elliott, \V. T., on slugs as mycophagists, 



219, 221 



Empusa, spore-discharge, 26 

 Emlophyllaceae, 169 

 Endophyllum Enphorbiae-syh-aticae, vio- 

 lence of spore-discharge, 169 

 Entoloma prunuloides, drop carried with 



spore, 14-15 

 ,, ,, drop-excretion, 9 



