THALLOPHYTA, 



1 CordycepB Taylori, a pyrenomycetous Fiirgu which attacks caterpillars; the branched antler-like stroma has developed 

 rfrom the sclerotlum, and its lower warted portion bears the perithecia. 2 Three perithecia; enlarged. 3 a perithecium 

 in section. * Two asci containing filamentous spores. » Vertical section of a perithecium of Xylaria Hypoxylon. 

 6 Ascus of same. "^ Mycelium of Eurotium. bearing a conidial hypha (to riglit, above), a commencing fruit (to left), and 

 a ripe ascus-fruit (to right, below). 8 a conidium of the same being abstricted. » Entangled hyphse from which a fruit 

 arises ; the spiral central hypha has been interpreted as a female organ, the tubes growing up the side as male. 10 A 

 young fruit of the same in section ; the asci arise later from the large coiled central hypha. 11 A single ascus of Eurotium. 

 inatsize: s,8 5x50-90. *,6x600: 7x190: 8-iix250. 



