408 



Sphaerobolus ioivensis, range of gun, 



329-331 

 Sphaerobolus projectile, and function of 



peridial air- 

 spaces, 340- 

 342 

 „ ,, average force of 



peridium on, 

 343-344 

 „ ,, initial velocity, 



338 

 kinetic energy, 

 343 

 „ ,, momentum, 



342-343 

 „ „ time for flight, 



338-343 

 ,, ,, time for gun 



discharge, 

 339-340 

 Sphaerobolus stellatus, air-space, 316, 318, 



340-341 

 „ ,, and artificial pro- 



jectiles, 313— 

 316 

 „ „ and expulsive 



fruits, 321 

 ,, ,, and herbivorous 



animals, 292- 

 293, 297 

 „ „ and light, 320, 



321, 346-349, 

 355, 383 

 ,, „ and potassium 



nitrate, 322 

 ,, ,, and rain, 297, 346 



„ „ and water, 321- 



323, 345-346 



,, „ and wind, 297, 



358, 365 



,, ,, attachment of 



membranes, 

 323-324 

 basidia, 282, 310, 

 312, 313 

 „ carotin, 320-321 



„ ,, cause of glebal 



discharge, 312- 



324, 381 



„ ., clamp-connexions, 



37, 282, 289, 

 291 



„ ,, coprophilous,350- 



359 

 cultures, 287-288 



GENERAL INDEX 



Sphaerobolus 



stellatus, cystidia, 294-296, 



307-310 



dark red pigment, 



298-299 



,, deliquescence, 302 



, , discharge of gleba, 



310-325, 381 

 ,, discharge under 



water, 322 

 ,, dispersion, 349- 



359 

 „ fat cells, 307-310, 



314 

 ,, fatty matrix, 292 

 „ fibrous layer, 298- 



309, 317-318 

 ,, fixed membranes, 



316 

 ,, fruit-bodies on cow 



dung, 351-359 

 ,, gelatinous layer, 

 298-309 

 gemmae, 289-292, 

 294-296, 307- 

 311,358 

 ,, germinating 

 spores, 290-293 

 ,, glebal chambers, 



282, 283 

 ,, glebal mass, ger- 

 mination, 289- 

 292 

 glycogen and 



sugar, 319-320 

 hooks, 44 

 , , hyphal fusions, 25, 



63-64 

 ,, illustrations, 63, 



64, 288-361 

 ,, layers of peridium, 



'300-307 

 ,, liquid in cup, 297, 

 302, 315-316, 

 324-325 

 ,, mycelium in cow 



dung, 353-355 

 ,, opening of fruit- 

 body, 310-311 

 orange-yellow pig- 

 ment, 311 

 origin of fruit- 

 body, 299 

 ,, palisade layer, 

 298-309, 311- 

 313, 317-318 



