IV] 



PEZIZALES 



in 



attached antheridium if the latter developed at a distance. But branching 

 might also be regarded as a secondary or vegetative development, appearing 

 after normal fertilization had ceased to occur. 



The presence of pores in the transverse septa of the trichogyne suggests 

 that the function of that organ in relation to an antheridium has only 

 recently been lost. 



Fig. 67. Humaria gramilata Quel.; young archicarp, x 3 2o; after Blackman 

 and Fraser. 



The ascogenous hyphae contain many nuclei irregularly arranged. Asci 

 are formed in the usu'al way, their nuclei show about J* 

 in the first division. Owing to the small size of the nucle, further 



details have not been studied in this species. 



