Bui. 1053, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
Plate V. 
Basidiospore Studies of Fomes and Lentinus. 
(X 475.) 
Fig. 1. — Germinating basidiospores of Fomes roseus on malt agar. Fig. 2.— Germinating basidio- 
spores of Lentinus lepideus on malt agar. Fig. 3. — Anastomosing of hyphae, one from clamp, 
of Lentinus lepideus. Fig. 4. — Chlamydospore from aerial tertiary mycelium of Lentinus 
lepideus on malt agar. Fig. 5.— Chlamydospores of Lentinus lepideus on submerged mycelium, 
in malt agar. Fig. 6. — Mature and immature chlamydospores from colored mycelium over- 
growing gills of sporophore of Lentinus lepideus, collected in a Massachusetts cotton mill. 
Fig. 7.— Wavy branch from aerial mycelium of malt agar culture of Lentinus lepideus. Fig. 
8. — Types of anastomosing of mvcelium of Lentinus lepideus on malt agar. Fig. 9.— Clamps 
from aerial mycelium of Lentinus lepideus on malt agar. Fig. 10.— Basidiospores of Lentinus 
lepideus germinating upon red spruce. 
