Bui. 1053, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate V. 



Basidiospore Studies of Fomes and Lentinus. 

 I 475.) 



Ii'..i- Germ > idiosporc of Fonicx nixcax on mull, agar. Kio.2. Germinating basidio- 



pori ol Lenlinu lepideusoa mail. agar. Fro. 3. Anastomosing of hyphaa. one from clamp, 

 i,i Lentint lepideu . Fro. I Chlamydospore from aerial tertiary mycelium oi Lentinus 

 1 1 j, nil won mail agar. Fro. 5. Chlamydo ipore of Lentinus lepidi »,■'; on submerged mycelium, 

 in mail agar. Pro. 6. Mature and Immature chlamydosporea from colored mycelium over- 

 growing ciii. 1,1 porophore ol Lentinus lepideus, collected in a Massachusetts cotton mill. 

 Fro. 7. -Wavy branch from aerial mycelium ol mail agar culture of Lentinus lepideus. Fro. 

 i tomosingoi mycelium ol Leniinui lepideus on mail agar. Fig. 9. Clamp 



from aerial mycelium ol Lentinus lepideu on mall agar. Pro. 10, Basidiospores of Lentinus 

 lepidi a ■ germinating upon red pruce. 



