DESCRIPTION OF PLATE II 
DEVELOPMENT IN GASTROMYCETES 
Fig. i.—C apillitium thread of a Bovista. (Very highly magnified.) 
Fig. 2.— Tulostoma mammosum : section showing the elongated stem. 
(Two-thirds natural size.) 
Fig. 3. —Basidium and spores of Tulostoma mammosum. (Very highly 
magnified.) 
Fig. 4. — Polysaccum pisocarpium : section showing the numerous cells 
of the gleba, each containing a peridiolum, and the elongated sterile 
stem-like base. (One-half natural size.) 
Fig. 5.—An ideal highly enlarged gleba chamber of a Geaster show¬ 
ing the thread-like tissue of its walls, and the basidia bearing, in 
some cases, four spores. 
Fig. 6.—Basidium of a Geaster with its spores. (Very highly mag¬ 
nified.) 
Fig. 7.— Scleroderma vulgare : section showing the thick peridium sur¬ 
rounding the spore mass ; the white flecks amongst the latter are 
tramal hyphae. (Half natural size ) 
Fig. 8.—Basidium and spores of Scleroderma vulgare. (Very highly 
magnified.) 
Fig. 9.—Bisporous basidium of Lycoperdon echinatum. (Very highly 
magnified). 
Fig. 10. —Pedicellate spores of Lycoperdon echinatum. (Very highly 
magnified). 
Fig. 11.— Geaster rufescens : section showing the almost sessile inner 
peridium, the thick permanent columella, and the jagged mouth. 
(Three-fourths natural size.) 
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