SUMMARY OF FUNGI 53 



tiated into a stipe or stem, an annulus, and a pileus or cap, 

 from the under side of which are the radiating lamellse; these 

 extend from the apex of the stipe to the circumference of 



FIG. 20. Amanita phalloides: 1, Volva; 2, stipe; 3, veil; 4, gills; 5, pileus. 



the pileus, bearing the basidia or club-shaped bodies which 

 end in points, sterigmata, which bear the basidiospores. The 

 basidiomycetes include the smuts represented by corn smut. 



