2 7 6 



FUNGI 



(infundibuliform, Fig. 528); umbonate, having a protuber- 

 ance at the apex (Fig. 527), etc; 

 whether the margin is turned up 

 at the edge (revolute, Fig. 524), 

 or under (involute, Fig. 527). Look 

 at the under surface and examine 



393. The Gills, or laminae. 

 Notice whether they are broad 

 or narrow, whether they extend 

 straight from stem to margin or 

 are rounded at the ends, or are 

 curved, 



3. Chanterelle (Cantka- , 



rellus cibarius), with infundi- toothed, 



buliform pileus and decurrent or lobed 

 gills. 



in any 



way. Notice their attachment 

 to the stipe, whether free, not 

 touching it at all ; adnate, 

 attached squarely to the stem 

 at their anterior ends ; or decur- 

 rent, running down upon the 

 stem for a greater or less dis- 

 tance (Fig. 528). 



394. The Hymenium. Cut 

 a tangential section through one 

 side of the pileus and sketch 

 as it appears under the lens. S29 _ 53I ._ Sections of a gilled 



If a very thin CrOSS Section Of mushroom : 529, through one side, 



^ HS4 ^S 



53. one of tne g ills more enlarged, 



.-i-i . -,-,. showing the central tissue of the 



It Will appear as in Figure 529. trama> V. and the broad border 

 More highly magnified sections formed by the hymenium,/;; 531, 

 , . ,-,. a small section of one side of a gill 



are shown in Figures 530, 531. very much enlarged( showing the 



The blade of the gill, Called the club-shaped basidia, b, b, standing 



at right angles to the surface, bear- 



trama, is covered on both sides ing eac h two small branches with 

 by a membranous layer bearing a s P ore> s < s ' at the end - The 



J ' sterile paraph yses, /, are seen 



elongated Club-shaped Cells Set mixed with the basidia. 



one of the gills is made and 



placed Under the microscope 



