THE FUNGI: ASCOMYCETES AND BASIDIOMYCETES 265 





^^^:^t^^ " '4. 





•/* 



/■: 



-iRi 



Fig. 256. — Pyronema confliiens. Longitudinal 

 section of mature apothecium. 



Peziza vesiculosa 



This Fungus is to be found growing on manure piles and on heavily 

 manured soil, and on account of its large size is readily recognized. The 

 cups are often irregular in shape and may become contorted (Fig. 257). The 



Fig. 257. — Peziza vesiculosa. Habit photograph showing 

 the fruiting bodies growing on soil. 



vegetative mycelium ramifies within the substratum on which it lives, form- 

 ing a very complex system, through which food is absorbed by the fungus. 

 The fruiting bodies either arise directly on the substratum, when they are 



