LIFE HISTORIES OF FUNGI 271 



OUTLINE OF LIFE HISTORY OF MICROSPH^RA 



Spore (conidium) 

 Mycelium 

 Antheridium 1 



Spore (conidium) 

 Mycelium 

 Oogonium 1 



Fusion 



Zygote in ascocarp (Sporophyte) 



Ascogenous hyphae 



4- 4- 



Young asci 



.j. } Reduction 

 Ascospores 



Mycelium 



Conidiophore 



Conidium (Conidiospore) 



FIG. 196. A "cup-fungus," Peziza syhestris. (Photo by F. J. Seaver). 



1 In Microsphara there is only a slight morphological differentiation of 

 the gametes. 



