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Fig. 74. PufT balls and their Allies. Gasteromycetes. 1. Geasicr funbrwtus, p Outer 

 peridium, /•! Inner pcridium. 2. Gaiitiera morchallacforinis. sectional view ot fruiting body. 

 3. Sccotium erythrocephalum. 4. Sectional view of the No. 3. 5. Bird's Nest Fungus 

 {Cyathus striates), p Peridia of .spore bearing body, the outer peridium open on top showing 

 attachment of fruiting bodies. 7. The same showing three fruiting bodies attached to wall. 

 8. Crucibulum vulgarc .showing hymenium and ?porcs. 9. Hymenog.islcr tcner, sectional 

 view of fruiting body x .3. 10. Same, natural size. 11. Rasidia with spores of No. 9. x 

 450. 12. Puff-ball {Lycoperdon sp.), natural size. 13. Part of hymenium of L. excxpuh- 

 forme with basidia and spherical spores. 14. Common Lead-color Puff-ball (Bovista 

 plumbca), natural size. 1 after Kcrner, 2 after Vittadini, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9,-11 after lulasne, 

 8 after Sachs, 12-14 after Wcttstein. 



