GENERAL INDEX 



325 



Licmophora fldbellata, illustration, 143 

 Light, and periodic development of 

 fruit-bodies, 23-25, 49 

 „ and position of origin of fruit- 

 bodies, 95 

 ,, heUotropic effect of, 121-126 

 „ inhibitory effect on growth of 

 fruit-body rudiments, 104-112 

 „ morphogenic effect on fruit- 

 bodies, 112-117 

 Lister, G., and Arcyria pomiformis, 151 



„ „ on Mycetozoa, 147, 149 

 Loeb, Jacques, on Bryophyllum calyci- 

 num, 103 



Macrae, Ruth, as a research assistant, 

 vide Preface, 175 

 „ „ assisted with illustra- 



tions, 81, 83, 147, 

 159, 173, 175, 176, 

 180, 196, 202, 215, 

 222, 225, 233, 238, 

 246, 261 

 Marasmius oreades, and Coprinus plica- 



tilis, 55 

 „ ,, heterothallic, 171 



,, ,, pileus-flesh of, 66 



Marasmius rotula, gill-coIlar, 42 



„ ,, illustration of, 43 



Marquand, C. V. B., on upward pressure 



exerted by fungi, 120 

 Massee, G., on Coprinus plicatilis, 55, 60 

 Mating method of identifying a Coprinus, ! 



77 

 Mating of mycelia, equal, 205-206 



,, ,, ,, haploid - diploid - 



haploid, 209-212 

 „ ,, ,, haploid - haploid and 

 haploid - diploid 

 under natural 



conditions, 264 

 „ „ „ modes of, 204-212 

 ,, „ ,, unequal, 206-209, 

 302 

 Maximum rate of movement of nuclei, 



219-226 

 Mechanical fixation of fruit-bodies, 92- 



136 

 Mechanical injuries of a mycelium, 182, 



183-184 

 Melampsora, and hyphal fusions, 283 

 Merulius lacrymans, surface myceUum 



of, 100 

 „ „ water excretion by, 



74 



Micro-dissection of hyphae, 199 

 Monosporous mycelia, 195 

 Morphogenic stimulus of Ught, 24, 49, 



112-117 

 Mounce, Irene, and Coprinus lagopus, 

 190 

 ,, ,, on Coprinus curtus, 6 



„ ,, on C. lagopus, 267 



,, „ on C. sterquilinus, 88 



,, ,, on Fomes pinicola, 270 



Mucor mucedo, illustration, 153 



,, ,, no social organisation 



in, 152 

 Mushrooms and Toadstools, 188 

 Mutations, possibility of, 237, 251 

 Mycelia, age and mating power, 212- 

 213, 303 

 ,, and neuter bees, 167-168, 301 

 ,, competition and co-operation, 

 167 

 compound, 163, 171-172, 174- 

 177 

 ,, intermingling of, 282, 283 

 ,, kinds of haploid and diploid, 



203-204 

 „ monosporous, 195 

 ,, multinuclear nature of, and sex, 

 274 

 {n) + {n) and (2h), 187-189, 

 268-269, 270, 278-281, 282, 

 288, 292, 305 

 ,, pairing of, 204-213 

 „ social organisation of, 155-186 

 Mycelial ring, diploidisation of, 231-233 

 Mycelial strands, 101-102 

 Mycelium, a three-dimensional network, 

 158 

 at surface of substratum, 100, 



198-199 

 conduction of food materials 



through, 181, 182 

 exhaustion of, 156, 165 

 haploid contrasted with dip- 

 loid, 198-199 

 inoculation of a, 206-208 

 just diploidised, experiment 



on, 229-231 

 mass and fruiting capacity, 



165 

 mechanical injuries to, 182, 



183-184 

 movement of nuclei through, 

 181, 183, 213-229, 303-304 

 network and movement of 

 nuclei, 223 



