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annulus, iio; the ring formed on the stem in certain mushrooms by the 



veil separating from the margin of the pileus 

 antherid, the male reproductive apparatus in the lower plants 

 anthracnose, 73 ; a disease caused by parasitic species of Melanconiales 

 apothecium, 34 ; the ascoma of lichens 

 arachnoid, cobwebby 

 Arizona, exploration for fungi in, 166 

 Arkansas, exploration for fungi in, 166 



asci, 14, 18, 34; membranous sacs containing spores {PI. i . f. //) 

 ascocarp, 34 ; a collective term for the body containing asci 

 ascoma, 34 ; the disc-like body bearing the asci in the Pezizales and their 



allies 



Bacteria, 154 



basidia, 14, 18; enlarged cells bearing spores in the Basidiomycetes (P/. /. 



/ 18, ig) 

 bird's nest fungi, 81, 141, 142 

 black knot, 45 ; a disease of cherry and plum caused by Plowrightia 



Bladder plums, 3S 



Bordeaux mixture, 20 



bracket fungi, 80, 99 



Brefeld, contribution to mycology by, 159 



bricktops, 123 



California, Exploration for fungi in, 167 



campanulate, bell-shaped 



Canada, exploration for fungi in, 197 



capillitium, simple or branched threads mixed with spores 



cedar-apple, 87, 91 



Central America, exploration for fungi in, 198 



chanterelle, 1 15 



chlamydospores, 82 ; the reproductive bodies of smut 



circumscissile, breaking apart along the equatorial line 



club-foot of cabbage, 149 ; a disease caused by PlasmodiopJiora 



cluster-cups, 86 ; the first stage of many rusts 



collecting fungi, methods of, 201-203 



Colorado, explorations for fungi in, 169 



columella, the extension of the stalk into the sporangium or peridium 



conidia, 34 ; dust-like spores usually produced directly from the hyphae 



{Pl.3-f- 9,fo) 

 conidiophores, enlarged ends of hyphae bearing conidia 

 conjugation, 14 ; reproduction by equal gametes 

 Connecticut, exploration for fungi in, 170 

 copper acetate as a fungicide, 20 

 copper carbonate as a fungicide, 20 

 copper sulphate as a fungicide, 20 

 coral-fungi, loi, 103 

 corrosive sublimate as a fungicide, 21 

 cup-fungi, 36, 54 

 Curtis, contribution to American mycology by, 161 



