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GENERAL INDEX 



Coprinus plicatilis and convection cur- 

 rents, 97-98 

 „ „ effect of dry weather, 



209-210 

 „ ,, not deliquescent, 209 



„ ,, placed in right genus, 



215 

 ,, ,, rate of fall of spores, 



175 

 ,, „ rhythm in develop- 



ment, 75 

 „ ,, size of spores, 161, 



162 

 ,. ., specific gravity of 



spores, 154-157 

 ,, ,, spore-fall period, 104 



„ ,, successive projection 



of spores from a 

 basidium, 146 

 ,, ,, violent spore-projec- 



tion, 142-143, 145 

 Coprinus plicatiloides, adjustments of 

 fruit-bodies, 69- 

 75 

 „ ,, occasional sterility, 



16 

 Coprinus radiatus, rhythm in develop- 

 ment, 75 

 Qop>rinus stercorarius, spore-projection, 4, 



134, 136, 148 

 Coprinus sterquilinus, vitality of my- 

 celium, 112 

 Coprophilous Ascomycetes, 233, 251, 



256-257 

 Coprophilous Hymenomycetes, 224-226 

 Oorda, on cystidia, 17, 18 

 Oorticium, dispersion of spores, 220 



„ fall of spores to ground, 217 



„ a xerophytic genus, 109 



Corticium Iseve, vitality, 111 

 Craterellus, position of hymenium, 24 

 Craterellus cornucopioides, stipe, 44, 45 

 Crepidotus, vitality, 111 

 Cyphella, position of hymenium, 24 

 Cystidia, of Coprinus comatus, 198, 199, 

 200 

 ,, significance, 7, 17-20 

 „ and spore-emission, 19 



Dsedalea confragosa, number of spores, 

 84-85 

 „ ,, desiccation and vi- 



tality, 111 

 Dsedalea quercina, desiccation and vital- 

 ity, 111 

 Dsedalea unicolor, germination of spores, 

 106 

 „ ,, recovery after desic- 



cation, 110, 111 



Dsedalea unicolor, spore - discharge at 

 0° C, 124-125 

 „ „ spore-fall period, 103 



,, ,, violent projection of 



spores, 136 

 Dangeard, on nuclei, 10 

 De Bary, on cystidia, 18, 19 



„ on fixation of spores in asci, 



245 

 „ on puffing, 237-238, 240 

 „ on sound produced by spore- 

 discharge, 258 

 Deliquescence, nature of, 200 



„ significance, 205 



Desiccation of fruit-bodies, 38, 105-119 

 Dew and spore-fall, 102 

 Discomycetes and Hymenomycetes, 22- 



24 

 Dispersion of spores, by herbivorous 

 animals, 224- 

 226 

 by slugs, 226- 

 228 

 „ ,, by wind, 216- 



223 

 Drought, may interrupt spore discharge, 

 102 

 ,, and xerophytic fruit -bodies, 



110-111 

 Dry air, effect on small Coprini, 69, 209- 



210 

 Duggar, B. M., on Coprinus comatus, 208 

 Dust particles, 95 



Eccentricity, of Lentinus lepideus, 49, 

 50 

 „ of Polyporus squamosus, 



60-62 

 „ use of, 49 



Electric charges on spores, 192-195 

 Elving, on sunlight and spores, 26 

 Empusa Gri/lli, discharge of spores, 



151 

 Empusa Muscce, discharge of spores, 



150-151 

 Entoloma, violent projection of spores, 



137 

 Entomophthorinea?, spore - discharge, 



151 

 Ether, effect on spore-discharge, 129- 



131 

 Evolution, of Coprini, 215 

 „ of fruit-bodies, 27 



„ of Hymenomycetes, 224 



„ of spore colour, 13-14 



Exoascus, emptying of asci, 237, 240 

 Exobasidiinere, hymenium, 27 

 External conditions and spore-dis- 

 charge, 90-91, 120-132 



