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GENERAL INDEX 



Mushroom, suggested experiment with, 

 12 

 „ type of fruit-body, 210-215 



„ violent projection of spores, 



142 145 

 (For further references vide Psalliota 

 campestrii) 

 Mutations, 14, 15 

 Mycelium, desiccation, 111-112 

 „ nuclei, 10-12 



„ possibility of cross-fertilisa- 



tion in, 11-12 

 Mycena, dispersion of spores, 220 

 „ geotropism, 53 

 „ stipe, 41, 42 



,, violent projection of spores, 

 137 

 Mycena alkalina and slugs, 226 

 Mycena cp-i/itmiaia, stipe, 42 

 Mycetophilidse, 19-20 



Nephrodium Filix-mas, number of spores, 



88 

 Nichols, Miss S. P., on nuclei, 11 

 Nolanea, violent projection of spores, 



137 

 Nolanea pascua, imperfection of gills, 



189 

 Nowakowski on Empusa Grylli, 151 

 Nuclei, in asci, 243 



„ of Hymenomycetes, 9-12 



Ochrospor.e, descent of, 12 



Olive, E. W., on nuclear fusions in 



Rusts, 11 

 Omphalia fibula, gills not geotropic, 76 

 Omphalia ambdlifera and slugs, 229 

 Optical illusion in spore-discharge, 138- 



140 

 Oxygen, effect on fruit-bodies, 128-129 



PanjEolus, habitat, 224 



,, violent projection of spores, 



137 

 Panxolus phalxnarum, adaptations, 226 

 fruit-body, 76 

 gills, 9 

 Paraphyses, of Gopriuus comatus, 198 

 ,, function, 7 



,, nuclei, 10 



Parasol Fungi, mechanics, 43-44 

 Paxillus, dispersion of spores, 222 

 Paxillus involutus, and small animals, 20 

 ,, „ rate of fall of spores, 



175 

 ,, „ size of spores, 162 



Peniophora, cystidia, 18 

 Peziza, gradual emptying of asci, 237 

 „ position of hymenium, 22-24 



Peziza, separation of spores, 235 

 l'i:.i:.a acetabulum, cause of puffing in, 

 237 

 „ „ sound of spore-dis- 



charge, 258 

 Peziza aurantia, dispersal of spores, 233 



„ „ size of spores, 248 



Pc:.r.a rcpanda, fixation of spores, 244- 

 247 

 „ ,. production of conidia, 



247 

 puffing, 237-240 

 ,, „ separation of spores, 235 



,, „ size of spores, 254 



„ ,, spores dispei'sed by 



wind, 236 

 ,, ,, spore - discharge ob- 



served with a beam 

 of light, 235 

 „ „ structure of fruit-body, 



241 

 Pc:.i::a- sclerotiorum, cause of puffing, 237 

 Pfeffer, W., on effect of oxygen, 129 

 Phalline and slugs, 230 

 Phallineae, spore-dispersion, 206-207, 



257 

 Phallus impudicus, spore-dispersion, 207 

 Phlebia, a xerophytic genus, 109 

 I'lihhia pileata, desiccation, 111 

 Phlebia zonata, desiccation, 111 

 Phycomyces, heliotropism, 75 

 Pileus, eccentricity, 49, 50, 60-62 



,, non-development, 48, 49, 57-58 

 Pileus flesh, heat developed in, 219 

 „ „ variations in thickness, 



211-213 

 Pilobolus, discharge of sporangia, 150, 

 258-260 

 „ heliotropism, 75 



„ mode of spore-dispersal, 151 



„ mass of sporangium, 255 



Pilobolus Kleinii, sound produced by, 



259 

 Pilobolus longipes, distance of sporangium 



projection, 259 

 Pleurotus ostreatus, eccentricity, 50 



,, „ growing on Beech, 



22, 23 

 „ „ responses to gravity, 



77 

 ,, „ system of gills, 36 



,, „ visible spore-clouds, 



89 

 Pleurotus ulmarius, spore-fall period, 

 104 

 and slugs, 228 

 Pluteus cervinus, rate of fall of spores, 

 175 

 ,, „ size of spores, 162 



