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layer (liymeniiir)i) lies. Figure 325 shows part of the cross 

 section of a gill. The spores (s) are borne, usually in fours, 



on enlarged hy- 

 pha tips called 

 h a sidia (b) . 

 This character 

 — namely, bear- 

 ing spores on 

 basidia — has 

 given the group 

 (^Basidiomycetes) 

 its name. 



460. Other types 

 of fructification. — 

 The Basidiomyce- 

 tes furnish the col- 

 lector a great vari- 

 ety of curious and 

 interesting forms. 

 in almost any woods will bring 

 some of them to light. The hyme- 



323. Fructification of a toadstool nial layer is variously disposed. 



In some incrusting forms men- 

 tioned above {Corlicium) it is sim- 

 ple (not folded) ; in Clavaria (Fig. 



326) it covers the coral-like branches ; in Hydnum (Fig. 327) the hy- 



.S24. A part of 

 the myce- 

 hum. 



A little search 



Fructification of a toadstool 



{Amanita phalloides) : p, 

 pileus, or cap ; I, lamellae, or 

 gills. 



325. Section of a gill, highly magnified : B, basidia; S, spores. 



