GENERAL INDEX 



587 



Basidia, tiimorphic, 3, 71, 81, 121, 138 



,, trisporous, 347 

 Basidial polymorphism, significance, 18- 



19 

 Basidiomycetes, basidia of, 522 

 Basidiospores, absence of, in Nycfalis 

 asterophora, 454 

 ,, and clilamvdospores, 455, 



463 

 ,, germination, 544 



,, pores. 543 



,, walls, 540 



Basidium. as a spore-mother cell, 212 

 ,, curvature of, 522-533 



„ emptying of. 212-214 



,, of Uredineae and Hymeno- 



mycetes, 497-501 

 septation of, 527 

 Beijerinck, on bioluminescence, 380 

 Bensaude, Mile, on sex in Hvmenomy- 



cetes. 90, 415, 457 

 Berg, A., on discharge of sporidia, 516 

 Berkeley, M. J., illustrations by, 436.444 

 ,, ,, on basidia in Hymeno- 



mycetes, 126, 332 

 ,, ,, on Boletus parasiticus, 



436 

 „ ,, on Collybia velutipes,4S9 



,, ,, on Coprinns micaceus, 



338 

 ,, ,, on Volvaria Loveiana, 



442^43 

 Berkeley and Broome, on Psathyra 



vrticaecola, 134 

 Bidault, C, on frozen meat and moulds, 



493 

 Bioluminescence, adaptation of the eyes 

 to, 373-376, 385 

 ,, and a photogen, 380 



and grovv-th, 386-387 

 „ and oxygen, 371, 380- 



381,^386, 396-400 



;, and temperature, 371, 



401-408 



and water, 380-381, 



393-396 



M brightness, 368. 371, 



386 

 „ chapter on, 357-431 



„ colour of light, 369, 



371, 386. 392, 417 

 „ demonstration of. 366 



j» effect of culture 



medium on, 418^19 

 j> fear caused by, 368 



Bioluminescence, light without heat,' 369 

 of bacteria, 376-380, 

 381, 383, 388, 420 

 of fungi generally, 366- 



384 

 of mycelium, 417-418 

 of Xylariae, 416-419 

 plants and animals 



showing, 379 

 shadow - photographs, 



371, 372 

 significance of, 383- 



384 

 spectrum of. 369 

 summary, 577-578 

 Bisby, G. R,, on absence of telia, 458^59 

 ,, ,, on Panus styjjficus, 376, 



385. 408. 409 

 Black Spot Fungus, on frozen meat, 



493 

 Bolbitii, ephemeral fruit-bodies of, 61 



field character of, 82 

 Bolbitius, and Armillaria Sub-type, 83 

 „ and Bolbitius Sub-type, 60, 

 78 

 and Coprinus, 61, 78-82, 128, 

 130, 132, 133 

 ,, basidia of, 62 

 ,, fruit-bodies of, 78 

 ,, paraphyses of, 93 

 „ splitting gills of, 122 

 ,, summary, 569 

 Bolbitius fiavidus, and Bolbitius species 

 B., 77 

 ,, ,, and Coprinus, 80, 130 



,, ,, and Lepiota cepae- 



stipes, 71, 72 

 ,. ,, and Psathyrella dis- 



seminata, 71, 72 

 ,, ,, basidial protuber- 



ancy, 72 

 ,, ,, correlations, 75-77 



,, ,, description of. 63-66 



gills of, 66-68 



,, ,, hymenium of, 68-75 



,, ,, illustrations of, 64, 



65,67,69,70,71,73 



,, ,, rate of spore-deyelop- 



ment, 74-75 

 ,, ,, spore - discharge 



period of, 66 

 ,, ,, successive basidial 



generations, 73-75 

 Bolbitius species B., 77-78 



,, „ ,, illustrations, 77 



