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proceed from the evolution of many spores, and that the fruc- 

 tifying mass proceeding from it may equally arise from many 

 individuals, a fact pointed out many years since by Ehrenberg.* 

 In fact, an Agaric, which is perhaps the highest point which a 

 Fungus can obtain, may be considered theoretically as a mul- 

 titude of individuals of Botrytis compacted together, and 

 bearing fruit at their free extremities. Figures illustrative of 

 this are given by Ehrenberg in his Mycetogenesis ; and the 



Fig. 61. 



a. Ascus of Sphwria Desmazierii, Berk, and Broome. 



b. Sporidia of ditto. 



c. Mycelium of ditto, with eonidia. 



d. Botrytis curia, Berk. All magnified. 



Botrytis of the Anemone (Fig. 61, d) is an apt case in pomt, 

 as exhibiting the fructifying tips or sporophores of an Agaric 

 apart from the rest of the plant. 



236. These two modes of fructification give rise to two im- 



* De Mycetogenesi. 



