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FUNGUS-FLORA. 



FIGURES ILLUSTRATING THE SCLERODEPMEAE, ALSO 

 THE NIDULAEIEAE IN PART. 



Fig. 1, Polysaccum pisocarpium, portion of a specimen, showing 1 the 

 nodulose exterior, also a section showing the sporangiola ; small specimen, 

 nat. size; Fig. 2, Sphaerobolm stellatus, specimen after dehiscence, 

 showing the outer wall of the peridium split in a stellate manner above, 

 and the inner layer elastically inverted, the single peridiolum has been 

 jerked away ; slightly mag. ; Fig. 3, Thelelolns terrestris, showing the 

 peridium with the single peridiolum at its apex ; slightly mag. ; Fig. 4, 

 Scleroderma vulgare, entire plant ; small specimen, nat. size ; Fig. 5, 

 Crucibulum vulgare, peridiolum with portion of the funiculus or cord by 

 which it is attached to the inner wall of the peridium ; slightly mag. ; 

 Fig. 6, Cyathus vernicosus, peridiolum in section, showing the .internal 

 cavity lined with basidia; on one side there is a depression or umbilicus 

 from which the funiculus springs ; mag. 



