LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT 



Coprinus comatus, Fr. (old) 



Coprinus comatus, Fr. (mature) 



Coprinus comatus, Fr. (young) 



Puffball .... 



Corollas and honey, attractive to insects 



Ingenious stamens 



Pistil of violet 



Seed-box of iris . 



Pistil of St. Johnswort 



Seed-box of sacred bean 



Winged seed of the silver fir 



Fern with spores (Polypodium vulgare) 



Grass spikelet 



Liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) 



Bean seed to show embryo 



Indian pipe 



Moss (Dicranum scoparium) (natural size) 



White mould on dead fly . 



Spores borne in delicate membranous sacs 



Bread mould 



Spores borne on little spicules 



Spores as simple cells 



Spores divided into several cells 



Mycelial threads 



Mushroom buttons . 



Young mushroom 



Puffball .... 



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