OF CERTATN TERMITE NESTS. 26o 



Plate XII. A. — Mature agaric. The Pluteus form with a 

 radially rugose pileus ; developed in rainy weather. A portion 

 of the comb remains attached to the stalk, x £. 



Plate XII. B. — Horizontal section of the comb of Termes 

 redemanni, showing "spheres" on the roofs of the passages. 

 At the edge the individual balls of comb material may be dis- 

 tinguished. Slightly magnified. 



Plate XIII. A. — Simple stromata, six days old, developed 

 on a piece of comb under a bell jar, curving towards the light. 

 On the addition of water this produced branched stromata. 

 The mycelium on the right is that of Peziza radiculosa, and 

 bears a single ascophore at the lower edge of the largest white 

 patch, x \. 



Plate XIII. B. — Branched stromata (non-conidiferous). 

 grown under a bell jar on comb which had produced an agaric. 

 4 days' growth. The diffuse mycelium is chiefly a Mucor. x £. 



Plate XIII. C— The stromata of XIII. B., 5 days' growth. 



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Plate XIV. A. — Stromata developed in 6 days on comb 

 which had produced an agaric, x §. 



Plate XIV. B. — Stromata developed from the same comb 

 as XIV. A. when planted in a pot. 14 days' growth. Photo- 

 graph taken from above, x |. 



Plate XF.— Developing stromata : 3 days' growth, x §. 



Plate XVI.— Seven days' growth of the stromata of Plate 

 XV. The remainder subsequently branched dichotomously 

 at the apex, x |. 



Plate XV II. A. — Entoloma microcarpum, B. & Br. ; with my- 

 celial mass of spheres. This mass is continuous, but is stained 

 in places by the red earth, and therefore obscured in the photo- 

 graph, x f. 



Plate XVII. B.— Part of a termite " sphere" : thehyphae on 

 the upper margin have been displaced in mounting, x 65. 

 Parts of the "Sphere" on, the Termite Comb. 



Plate X VIII.— Fig. 1. Hypha producing spherical and oval 

 cells, x 300 



