GENERAL INDEX 



485 



Polyporus Schweinitzii, illustration of. 



100 



,, ,, visible spore- 



clouds, 100, 

 104 



Poli/porus sqiiftmosus, annual fruit- 

 bodies, 128 

 drop-excretion, 



5,9 

 ,, .. elongation of 



tubes, 142 

 ,, ,, exhaustion of 



tubes, 144 

 mode of fall of 



spores, 35 



,, ., number of 



spores, 138, 

 139 



,, ,, rate of fall of 



spores, 39-40 



,, ,, significance of 



vast spore 

 numbers, 144 

 s ]) o r e - f a 1 ! 

 period, 95, 

 135, 138 



., ,, violence of 



s pore-dis - 

 charge, 169 



,, ,, visible spore- 



clouds, 100, 

 132 

 P ol y jwr us sulphur eiis, and Fames offici- 



nnlis, 127 



,, ,, illustration of, 117 



,, ., imbrication of, 



118-120, 460 

 Polyporus uinbellatus, compound fruit - 



bodies of, 120, 460 

 Polystictus, absorption of water, 157 

 ,, lignicolous habit of, 157 



,, retention of vitality, 160 

 Polystictus hirsutiis, drop-excretion, 9 

 Polystictits perennis, confluent fruit- 

 bodies of, 81 

 Poli/sf ictus rersicolor, and f lugs, 212, 214, 



216 

 ,, ,, annual fruit- 



bodies, 128 



,, ,, imbrication of, 120 



,, spore-fall period, 



95, 135 

 Polytrichum spores, and Stokes' Law, 



21-22 

 Populus, escape of seeds, 300 



Porphyrosporae, drop-excretion, 9 



,, mottling in, 253, 254 



Position of sterigmata, 314-324 

 Powdering of gills with spores, 307, 308 

 Protohydnum, and Fiydnum, 163-164 

 Protomerulius, and Merulius, 163-164 

 IValliota, and Panaeolus Sub-type, 238 

 ,, and slugs, 212 

 ,, germ-pore, 452 

 ,, mottling in, 253 

 ,, position of hymenium, 170 

 ., rigidity and spore-fall period, 



135 



,, slow spore-development, 53 

 ,, spore-crops of a single basi- 



dium, 27 



,, summary, 457 

 Pnalliotn arvensis, fairy rings, 365 



,, ,, liberating spores, 400 



,, ,, mottling, 254 



Psalliota campestris, account of, 360-449 

 ,, ,, ammonia given off 



from, 372 

 analysis of hymen- 



iuin, 414-44!) 

 ,, ,, and Hydna, 151 



,, and Panaeolus Sub- 

 type, 361, 404 

 ,, ,, and Secotium ngnri- 



coides, 451 

 ,, ,, andtext-books,404- 



405 



., ,, and the Aequi-hy- 



meniiferae, 236- 

 238 



,, ,, bisporous basidia, 



1, 407, 408, 410- 

 411, 416 

 ,, clamp - connections 



absent, 395-396 

 ,, ., drop carried with 



spore, 15 

 ,, ,, drop-excretion, 9- 



13 



,, ,, each basidium pro- 



duces only one 

 crop of spores, 28 

 ,, ,, eaten by squirrels, 



201 



,, effects of tilting,375 



,, ,, external appear- 



ance of fruit - 

 bodies, 369-372 



,, fairy rings of, 363- 



369 



