IV] 



PEZIZALES 



III 



attached antheridium if the latter developed at a distance. But branching 

 might also be regarded as a secondary or vegetative development, appearing 

 after normal fertilization had ceased to occur. 



The presence of pores in the transverse septa of the trichbgyne suggests 

 that the function of that organ in relation to an antheridium has only 

 recently been lost. 



Fig. 67. Jlumai-ia ^ranu/ata Qne\.; YOvmga.rchica.rp, X3'2o; after Blackman 



and Fraser. 



The ascogenous hyphae contain many nuclei irregularly arranged. Asci 

 are formed in the usual way ; their nuclei show about eight chromosomes 

 in the first division. Owing to the small size of the nuclei further cytological 

 •details have not been studied in this species. 



