138 Boodle . — Spores in a Specimen of 
therefore, only be necessary to mention the general structure 
shortly, before describing the spores. 
The following is the diagnosis as given by Seward 1 :• — 
‘ Masses of numerous branched adventitious roots, and 
a few small ? petioles forming masses, occasionally several 
Fig. 3. Fig. 4. 
Woodcut 1. 
Fig. 1. Exterior of spore, showing the angle upwards. Fig. 2. Spore cut in 
half, interior view. Fig. 3. Spore similarly cut, but with different markings. 
Fig. 4. Collapsed spore in section. The figures are slightly diagrammatic, and 
the spores are drawn as opaque objects, for simplicity. Where the wall of 
a spore is shown in surface- view, the light areas represent the pits, the darker 
parts are the thickenings. Figs, all x 545. 
feet in length, and in large specimens about one foot in 
diameter ; the transverse section of the mass is often elliptical 
in shape, no doubt as the result of pressure ; the ends of 
Loc. cit., p. 1 5 1 . 
