LITE HISTORIES OF FUNGI 271 
OUTLINE OF LIFE HISTORY OF MICROSPH^RA 
Spore (conidium) Spore (conidium) 
4- I 
Mycelium Mycelium 

Antheridium 1 Oogonium 1 
^^^ Fusion 
Zygote in ascocarp (Sporophyte) 
4" *> 
Ascogenous hyphae 
4, 4, 
Young asci 
4, } Reduction 
Ascospores 
I 
Mycelium 
I* 
Conidiophore 
i 
Conidium (Conidiospore) 
FIG. 196. A "cup-fungus," Peziza syhestris. (Photo by F. J. Seaver). 
1 In Microsphara there is only a slight morphological differentiation of 
the gametes. 
