CnVPTOGAMS 



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layer (Jtymenluvf) lies. Figure 325 shows part of the cross 

 section of a gill. The spores (s ) are borne, usually in fours, 



on enlarged hy- 

 I^ha tips called 

 ha nidi a (b). 

 'J'liis character 

 — namely, bear- 

 ing spores on 

 basidia — has 

 given the group 

 {Basidiomycetes) 

 its name. 



460. Other types 

 of fructification. — 

 The Basiilioiiij'ce- 

 tes furnisli tlie col- ■'--'■ 

 lector a great vari- 

 ety of curious anil 

 interesting forms. A little seareli 

 in almost any woods will liring 

 some of them to light. The hyme- 

 32.3. Fructifiratioij ef a toailstnol nial layer is variously disposed. 

 {Amunita iihiilloiih's) : p, fn some incrusting forms men- 

 pileus, or cap; /, lamell.-e, or ^j^^^g,! ^,,^^,g ^c.rlkmm) it is sim- 

 Ellis. 



pie (not folded) ; in Clavai'ia. (Kig. 



326) it covers the coral-like branches; in Ilydnum (t'ig. -KT) the hy- 



325. Section of a gill, highly maguified : B, basidia ; S, spores 



