DESCRIPTION OF PLATE V 
DEVELOPMENT IN ASCOMYCETES 
Fig. i.— Sclerotinia sclerotionnn. Plants of various ages springing 
from a black sclerotium taken from a cabbage-stalk. (Natural size.) 
Fig. 2. —Asci (with eight elliptical spores in each ascus) and para- 
physes of the same. (Highly magnified ) 
Fig. 3. — Leotia lubrica. Plants of various ages. (Natural size.) 
Fig. 4. —Asci and paraphyses of the same, highly magnified. Each 
ascus contains eight—one, two, or three septate spores. 
Fig. 5.— Geoglossum glutinosum. (Natural size.) 
Fig. 6.—Ascus and paraphyses of the same, very highly magnified. 
The eight long cylindrical spores are arranged in a bundle at the top 
of the ascus. 
Fig. 7. —A single spore, showing the three septa. (Highly magnified.) 
Fig. 8. — Ascobolus furfuvaceus. Seven plants. (Natural size.) 
Fig. 9.—An ascophore magnified. 
Fig. 10. —Section of a magnified ascophore, showing the hymenial 
surface. 
Fig. 11.— Magnified section of a mature expanded ascophore, showing 
the asci projecting above the level of the disc. 
Fig. 12.—Asci and paraphyses of Ascobolus furfuraceus. (Highly mag¬ 
nified.) The spores are smooth and hyaline at first, becoming delicately 
wrinkled and coloured when mature. (After Massee.) 
