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size (ranging from one to twenty centimetres, or more, in 

 height), but their structural complexity is so much greater 



si. 



Fig. 118.— Development and structure of a Toadstool. A, vegetative fila- 

 ments producing young spore-fruits ; T, IT, TH^ IV, V, sections of succes- 

 sive stages of spore-fruits, from very young to maturity ; 7, the gills ; t), 

 veil ; VI, magnified section of a gill, showing layer of spore-bearing cells, 

 hy ; VII, greatly magnified section of part of a gill, showing layer of spore- 

 bearing cells, with spores of different ages. 



than that of the other orders that they must be regarded 

 as the highest of the fungi. Like the Puff-balls, they pro- 

 duce an abundance of Tegetatiye filaments (mycelium) un- 



