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away. Eventually, of the spores thus carried off by the wind, some 

 settle on herbage in pastures, etc., i.e. so far as their ultimate fate is 

 concerned in favourable places, while others settle in pools, lakes, 



Fig. 173. — Galera bulbifera, a North 

 American coprophilous fungus 

 the spores of which are dis- 

 persed first by the wind which 

 blows them on to grass and 

 then by horses which eat the 

 grass. The fruit - body here 

 shown came up on an old 

 horse-dung culture in the labor- 

 atory at Winnipeg. Natural 

 size. 



Fig. 174. — Another fruit-body of 

 Galera bulbifera which came 

 up on an old horse -dung 

 culture in the laboratory at 

 Winnipeg. The turning up 

 of the edge of the pileus may 

 have been due to the very 

 moist conditions under which 

 the fruit-body grew. Natural 

 size. 



streams, seas, on rocky ground, the bare earth, the leaves of trees, 

 etc., i.e. so far as their ultimate fate is concerned in unfavourable 

 places. Those spores which happen to lodge on herbage in pastures 

 are likely, in the end, to be swallowed by herbivorous animals and 

 thus to be deposited in fresh dung where they can germinate ; while 



