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lently illustrated. Had it been shortened by one-half, it would 
ha en easier reading, certainly for foreigners. As it is, it is 
and spores of Coprinus are produced directly from the mycelium 
by a vegetative process without the intervention of any sexual 
ns, i t thi i 
sclerotium, the stipe, and the pileus and places them in conditions 
favorable to farther growth. Now, if the fruit-bearing body is 
) Hence there can be no sexual organs either in the sclero- 
tium, stipe or pileus. The mycelium and the hymenium in 
see about the first attempt to refer different species of fungi to a 
hypothetical type which was the common ancestor. This method 
which has been used with such advantage by zoologists is not 
