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BASIDIOMTCETES. 



pileus, the colour of the spores, etc., etc. 

 colour may be obtained by plac- 

 ing the pileus with the lamellte 

 turned downwards on a piece of 

 white or coloured paper, so that 

 the spores, as they fall off, are 

 collected on the paper, and the 

 arrangement of the lamellae can 

 then be clearly seen. 



A knowledge of the 



FIG 175. Cantharellus cibarius (reduce^). 



FIG. 176. Armillaria mellea ( nat. size) : 

 o root of a fir; b rhizomorpha-strands ; 

 c-f fruit-bodies in four different stages of 

 development. 



jr rG- 177 The mycelium of Armillar>'a mellea ("E/u'zomorpTia") (nat. size). 



