FUNGI 



compact, forming a felt-like mass, as may be seen some- 

 times in connection with preserved fruits. The mycelium 

 is in contact with its source of food-supply, which is 

 called the substratum. 



From the prostrate mycelium numerous erect branches 

 arise, each branch bearing at its tip a large globular cell 



FIG. 130. Sexual reproduction ol Mucar, showing tips of sexual branches in con- 

 tact (A), the two gametangia cut off by partition walls (B), and the heavy- 

 walled oospore (C); B and C are more or less diagrammatic as to cell contents. 



containing spores (Figs. 126, 127, 128). The globular cell, 

 therefore, is a sporangium, and the erect branch is a sporo- 

 phore (spore-bearer). The sporangium wall bursts (Fig. 

 129), the light spores are scattered by the wind, and fall- 





