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In the Gasteromycetes bright colours are almost entirely 

 confined to the Phalloideae, where the hymenium is very 



FIG. 47. Calocera viscosa, a gelatinous fungus of a clear orange colour, 

 common on dead stumps of conifers. Nat. size. (Photo by Saville-Kent.) 



frequently red. The supposed function here is attractive, 

 in connection with spore dissemination 



Spores are very frequently coloured, the most pronounced 



