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Fi<;. 60. Dacryomyces deliquescens. A, semidiagrammatic vertical section through 

 a small yellow fully expanded basidial fruit-body growing on a piece of wood, 

 w, showing the hymenium, h, covering the exterior and the gelatinous matrix, 

 m, penetrated by more or less radiating hyphae. B, a section through the 

 hymenium showing basidia a-/ in various stages of development. C, two 

 spores which have just been shot away from their sterigmata. D, two spores 

 which have been lying in water for a few hours and have become divided into 

 four cells. E, semidiagrammatic vertical section through a red fully expanded 

 oidial fruit-body growing on a piece of wood, w, showing the oidial layer, o, at 

 the exterior and the gelatinous matrix, m, penetrated by more or less radiating 

 hyphae. F, a section through the oidial layer showing the oidia, o, immersed in 

 a gelatinous matrix. G, view of the surface of an oidial fruit-body showing 

 a few conidia projecting beyond the gelatinous matrix. H, oidia, o, and 

 conidia, c, found in a preparation made from an oidial layer. I, various 

 oidia, o, and a few conidia, c, obtained in another preparation of an oidial 

 layer. J, hyphae in the gelatinous matrix of an oidial fruit-body. Magni- 

 fication : A and E, 30 ; B, C, D, F, G, H, 530 ; I, J, 220. 



