. Plant life, considered with special references to form and function. Plant physiology. 220 PLANT LIFE. these chambers rupture at the maturity of the spores, or e\en earher. The fructification may Le irregularly lobed, sessile and gelatinous, or much branched and cylindrical or flattened,. Fig. 217.—Fructification of Hydmim ii'ihricatTini. The surface of the projecting spines on tlie under side of tlie cap are covered witli the hyirieniuni. Natural size.—After Kemer. with the hymcnium covering the whole or the upper part of the body, as in Clavaria (fig. 215) ; or it may form an umbrella-like


. Plant life, considered with special references to form and function. Plant physiology. 220 PLANT LIFE. these chambers rupture at the maturity of the spores, or e\en earher. The fructification may Le irregularly lobed, sessile and gelatinous, or much branched and cylindrical or flattened,. Fig. 217.—Fructification of Hydmim ii'ihricatTini. The surface of the projecting spines on tlie under side of tlie cap are covered witli the hyirieniuni. Natural size.—After Kemer. with the hymcnium covering the whole or the upper part of the body, as in Clavaria (fig. 215) ; or it may form an umbrella-like, stalked cap, as in toadstools, with the hymenium extending over radiating plates on the under side of the ( ap, as in Agari- cus (fig. 216), or over spine-like pro- jections in the same region, as in Hydnum (fig. 217); or it maybe a semicircular, sessile body projci ting from the substratum like a shelf or bracket, with the hymenium lining Fk;.2iS.—Trunk of nn asli tree, slK)\\ing Inictiiications of l\^!v- /'''rt/s ii^iutriiis. Alter a pho- tograph by Von Tnbeul. innumerable minute. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Barnes, Charles Reid, 1858-1910. New York, H. Holt & company


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