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which develop a small number of conidia (sporidia), regarded as 

 equivalent to basidiospores. In the Tilletiaceae the sporidia 



Fig. 9 BASIDIOMYCETES 



1. SCHIZOPHYLLUM CoMMUNE. 2. CyATHUS MiCROSPORUS. 



3. Thelephora. 4. Craterellus. 5. Lycoperdon. 

 6. Lachnocladium. 7. Fomes. 8. Marasmius. 



4, 5, 6, 8 after Nat. Pflanz 



are elongated and frequently join by a small cross filament to 

 make pairs. 



