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QUIKCE CULTUKE. 



ous little elevations or pustules, which become ruptured 

 as ripeness is attained, when the fungus pushes through 

 the opening, at the same time bursting by radiating 

 fissures, and forming a fringed edge of the cups. The 

 fringed edges are often recurved, revealing the orange 

 spores crowded together within. At first, and while 

 contained within the peridium, they are concatinate or 



Fig. 58. FRUIT AND STEM AS AFFECTED BT THE RJESTILIA AURANTIACA. 



chained together ; but when dispersed they are scattered 

 about the orifice, and often mixed with the colorless 

 cells from which they have issued. 



A slice of the fruit cut out before the fungi are matured 

 enough to burst the cells, shows the yellow color of the 

 dust in its granular formation, as confined by the cellular 

 substance of the cups. Each of the protospores con- 



