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Fig. 74. Puff balls and their Allies. Gasteromycetes. 1. Geaster fimbriatus, p Outer 

 peridium, pi Inner peridium. 2. Gautiera morchallaeformis, sectional view ot fruiting body. 

 3. Secotium erythrocephalum. 4. Sectional view of the No. 3. 5. Bird's Nest Fungus 

 (Cyathus striatus), p Peridia of spore bearing body, the outer peridium open on top showing 

 attachment of fruiting bodies. 7. The same showing three fruiting bodies attached to wall. 

 8. Crucibulum znilgare showing hymenium and spores. 9. Hymenogaster tener, sectional 

 view of fruiting body x 3. 10. Same, natural size. 11. Basidia with spores of No. 9. x 

 450. 12. Puff-ball (Lycoperdon sp.), natural size. 13. Part of hymenium of L. excipuli- 

 forme with basidia and spherical spores. 14. Common Lead-color Puff-ball (Bovista 

 plumbea), natural size. 1 after Kerner, 2 after Vittadini, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9.-11 after Tulasne, 

 8 after Sachs, 12-14 after Wettstein. 



