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GENERAL INDEX 



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Polyporus squamosa, violent projec- Projection of spores, evidence of, 133- 



tion of spores, 

 135-142, 146- 

 147 

 „ „ visits of Collem- 



bola, 20 

 ,. „ width of tubes, 



38 

 Polyporus variitx, abnormal fruit-bodies, 



64 

 Polystictus, continuity of spore-fall, 

 120 

 ,, demonstration of spore- 



fall, 101 

 dispersion of spores, 220 

 eftect of inverting fruit- 

 body, 21 

 fall of spores to ground, 217 

 spore-fall period, 102 

 „ spore stream, 96 



,, violent projection of spores, 



136 

 „ a xeropliytic genus, 109 



Polystictus hirsutus, desiccation, 111 



,, ,, eftect of tilting fruit- 



body, 38 

 „ „ growth after desic- 



cation, 106 

 „ „ spore-discharge at 



0°C., 124-125 

 „ ,, spore-fall period, 103 



Polystictus pergamenus, desiccation. 111 

 Polystictus versicolor, desiccation of fruit- 

 body, 109, 111 

 ,, „ desiccation of my- 



celium, 111, 112 

 „ ,, dischai'ge of spores 



in a beam of 

 light, 97 

 „ ., eftect of drying on 



spore - discharge, 

 123 

 ,, ,, spore - discharge at 



0° C, 124-125 

 ,, „ spore -fall period, 



103, 104 

 „ „ violent projection of 



spores, 136 

 Porta vaporaria,, abnormal fruit-bodies, 



21 

 Porphyrosporje, descent of, 12 

 Potassium nitrate, eftect on asci, 238- 



239 

 Poynting, J. H., on evaporation pres- 

 sure, 173 

 ,, ,, plate micrometer of, 



ir)S-H;0 

 Projection of spores, distance of, 142, 



147 



147 

 Psalliota, eftect of inverting fruit- 

 body, 21 

 gill-chamber, 45 

 desiccation, 106 

 stipe, 42 

 ,, violent projection of spores, 



137 

 Psalliota arvensis, spore-cloud, 218 



„ „ fall of spores in a 



beam of light, 94 

 Psalliota campestris, adjustments of fruit- 

 bodies, 50-"j6 

 ,, ,, distance of spore- 



projection, 142 

 ,, ,, eff"ect of humidity on 



spore - discliarge, 

 122 

 ,, ,, eftect of light on 



spores, 25 

 ,, ,, fall of spores to 



ground, 21G 

 ,, ,, humidity and rate 



of fall of spores, 

 180-183 

 ,, „ non - response to 



m o r p h o g e n i c 

 stimulus of 

 gravity, 50 

 ,, ,, number of spores, 



82 

 ,, ,, rate of fall of spores, 



175 

 ,, ,, size of spores, 162, 



163, 248 

 ,, „ specific gravity of 



spores. 154-157 

 „ ,, specific increase in 



hymenial surface, 

 30, 31, 33 

 ,, ,, sporabola of, 185, 



189 

 ,, ,, survival of spores, 



86 

 ,, „ system of gills, 36 



„ „ two-spored basidia, 



15 

 ,, „ vitality of spawn, 



112 

 (For further references vide Mushroom) 

 Psathyrella, geotropism, 53 

 Psilocybe, violent projection of spores, 



137 

 Psilocybe fvcnisecii, eftect of ox3'gen, 



128-129 

 PiiH'-balls, heat produced by, 221- 

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number of spores, 85-86 



