THE FUNGI OF INDIA. 



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on the outer side, forming club-shaped bodies, bullate 

 pustules, or dark flat crusts. (Plate VII, C, VIII, B, 

 C, IX and fig. 7 and 8.) 

 (h) Receptacles single or scattered, minute, superficial, and 

 attracting the attention only when closely grouped 

 together, or immersed in the bark, piercing the 

 epidermis with their tips. (Fig. 9 and 10.) 

 In this case their presence may be noticed by dark punctiform 

 holes in the epidermis or by the removal of the epidermis, when 

 the black deformation produced in the cambium will at once be 

 apparent. 



Fig. 9. — Lophiostigma xerophilum. 



Fig. 10, — Oraniella coffeicola ; natu- 

 ral size (left) and section 

 (right ; enlarged). 



2. lioiv to gather and ijreserve fungi. 

 General. 



1. Take your notes from fresh specimens, before the fungus 

 begins to shrivel up. As to what notes are required, see above. 



2. Add the name of the locality, and of the collector, the date 

 (rainy season or not, etc.); mention the substratum of the fungus, 

 whether branches, stumps, leaves, ground. As to the leaf-fungi 

 it is almost indispensable to know the host-plant. 



3. Pick up as ample material as possible. There will be more 

 chances in this case, that your material will contain not only half- 

 developed or abnormal specimens without fructification, but also 

 ripe and typical ones. As the various stages of development are 

 of interest to the specialist, it will be good to gather young and 

 old specimens. 



