UTE HISTORIES OF FUNGI 27 1 



OUTLINE OF LIFE HISTORY OF MICROSPH^RA 



Spore (conidium) 



I 



Mycelium 



4. 



Antheridium^ 



Spore (conidium) 



4. 



Mycelium 



i 



Oogonium* 



Zygote in ascocarp (Sporophyte) 

 Ascogenous hyphae 



4. 4. 



Young asci 



^ } Reduction 

 Ascospores (Gametoph^'te') 



I 



Mycelium 



I " 



Conidiophore 



4. 



Conidium (Conidiospore) 



Fig. 196. — A "cup-fungus," Peziza sylvestris. (Photo by F. J. Seaver). 



^ In MicrosphcBra there is only a slight morphological diflferentiation of 

 the gametes. 



