CARPOPHYTA. 161 
(0) Blue Mould may be obtained from decaying fruit, pastry, and 
frequently upon ink. 
335. The Cup-Fungi and their Allies 
(Order Helvellacew).—The common 
Cup-fungus of the woods is a good 
representative of this order. The fa- 
miliar cup- or saucer-shaped growth isin 
reality the spore-fruit, while the plant 
itself generally grows underground. 
The plant consists of whitish, jointed 
filaments which grow on or in the 
ground, drawing their nourishment from 
decaying sticks, roots, etc. \ 
336. But little is known as to the 
asexual reproduction, but in some spe- Ghartarumn), bearing eo 
cies conidia much like those in the pre- BU, At, te, side is 
ceding orders have been observed. shinee 
337. The sexual organs are pro- 
duced by the swelling up of the 
ends of certain of the white filaments 
of the plant into globular or ovoid 
.cells, the carpogones, each having a 
projection (trichogyne). From be- 
low each carpogone a slender branch 
grows out, and becomes the antherid 
at (Fig. 86). 
aaa organs of 238: Fertilization takes place by 
a Cup-fungus (Peziza ompha- the antherids coming in contact 
lodes). The two carpogones 
are eT Nchoyse’ “Thea With the trichogyne. As a result, 
eae below te ee numerous branches start out from 
er ee below the carpogone, and growing 
upward form a dense felted mass which gradually takes on 
Fia. 85.—A filament of 
Blue Mould (Penicillium 
