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be considerably increased, for each writer seems anxious to 

 invent new words, sometimes without necessity. In a subject so 

 intricate, the multiplicity of terms often grows burdensome, 

 especially to young students. Yet the great variety of ways that 

 nature has for the accomplishment of a single object, must lead to 

 the use of many terms for expressing this variety with exactness. 

 The short definition of some of these words may be difficult to 

 understand and may occasionally lead to confusion ; for this, 

 however, I am not altogether accountable. 



Agamospore, spore formed without conjugation. 



Antheridium, anther-like, or male spores. 



Antherozoids, (see spermatozoid). 



Apothecium, a cluster of spore cells. 



Ascus, plural Asci, spore cases, or fruitrbearing cells. 



Basidiospore, spores on tips of little stems, or supports. 



Basidium, a stem or base supporting spores. 



Carpospore, a central cell, with 2 or 4 spores surrounding. 



Ceramidia, ovate, conical, or globose capsules, holding spores. 



Conceptacle, a follicle or sac, holding loose spores. 



CONIDIA, spores formed without sexual action. 



Cystocarp, a cyst, holding a great many spores. 



Endospore, inside covering of a spore cell. 



Epispore, outside of a spore cell. 



Favilla, a single cell capsule holding many spores. 



Favillidium, a group of fertile cells or favilla. 



CrONOSPHERE, a globular cell, made reproductive by the piercing 



of an antheridium. 

 OcTOSPORE, an eight-spored cell. 

 Oogonium, an ovary-like spore. " Resting-spore." 

 Oospore, a fertilized spore. 



Oosporangium, a large kind of reproductive spore. 

 Protospores, tubes issuing from primary or apparent spores, 



bearing true spores. 

 Perithecium, a cyst or capsule containing spore cases. 

 PvcNiDiUM, same as perithecium. 

 Pseudospores, spore-like bodies from which spores grow ; spores 



that engender reproductive spores. 

 Resting-Spore, ovary-like spore ; oogonium ; "winter spore." 

 Spore, a germ cell. The word has a varied and extensive 



meaning in its common use. It is applied to the fruiting 



