LITE HISTORIES OF FUNGI 271 



OUTLINE OF LIFE HISTORY OF MICROSPH-ffiRA 



Spore (conidium) 



Mycelium 

 Antheridium 1 



Spore (conidium) 



4- 



Mycelium 



Oogonium 1 



Fusion 



Zygote in ascocarp (Sporophyte) 



4^ 4* 



Ascogenous hyphae 



Young asci 



J, ) Reduction 

 Ascospores (Gametophyte) 



Mycelium 



Conidiophore 



Conidium (Conidiospore) 



FIG. 196. A "cup-fungus," Peziza syhestris. (Photo by F. J. Seaver). 



1 In Microsphara there is only a slight morphological differentiation of 

 the gametes. 



