762 FUNGI 



podium ■jrowing near roadsides and by the sides of footpaths through 

 pastures. 



Cut transverse sections of an ergot and note the colour of the interior ; 

 mount in water and examine with a high power. 



Ex. 323. — For the form and contents of the perithecia and asci in the 

 Hypocreacese, transverse sections of those of Efichlol typhina are usually 

 more conveniently obtained than those of Clavicefs. The fungus is frequent 

 in many places as a muff-like white or yellowish band rr'und the base of the 

 leaf-sheaths of cocksfoot (Dactylis) and Timothy (Phleum) grasses. 



