. Fungi; their nature, influence, and uses;. Fungi. THE SPORE AKD ITS DISSEMINATION. 129 form of the spores and their size differ materially, as well as the manner in which they are produced on the threads. In many they are very minute and profuse, but larger and less plentiful in the Dematiei than in the Mucedines. The spores of some species of Selminthosporiwn are lar<je and multiseptate, calling to mind the spores of the Melanconiti. Others are very curious, being stellate in Triposporium, circinate in Helicoma and Helico- coryne, angular in Gonatosporium, and ciliate in Menispora cili-
. Fungi; their nature, influence, and uses;. Fungi. THE SPORE AKD ITS DISSEMINATION. 129 form of the spores and their size differ materially, as well as the manner in which they are produced on the threads. In many they are very minute and profuse, but larger and less plentiful in the Dematiei than in the Mucedines. The spores of some species of Selminthosporiwn are lar<je and multiseptate, calling to mind the spores of the Melanconiti. Others are very curious, being stellate in Triposporium, circinate in Helicoma and Helico- coryne, angular in Gonatosporium, and ciliate in Menispora cili- ata. Some are produced singly and some in chains, and in some the threads are nearly obsolete. In Peronospora, it has been demonstrated that certain species produce minute zoospores from the so-called spores. The dissemination of the minute spores of the Mucedines through the air is undoubted; rain also certainly assists not only in the dispersion of the spores in this as in other groups, but also in the production of zoospores which require moisture for that purpose. The form of the threads, and the mode of attachment of the spores, is far more var'able amongst the Mucedines than the lorm of the spores, but the latter are in all instances so slightly attached to their supports as to be dissevered by the least motion. This aids also in the diffusion of the spores through the atmosphere. Spouangia are produced in the -n7 , 11 ,1 ,â Fig. 63.âSpjres of Helicacoryne. Fhysomyceles usually on tlie tips or branches of delicate threads, and these when mature dehisce and set free the minute sporidia. These are so small and uniform, in their character that they require but a passing mention. The method of diffusion agrees mach with that of the Mucedines, the walls of the sporangia being usually so thin and delicate as to be easily ruptured. Other modes of fructiBcation prevail in some species by the production of cysts, which are the result of conjugation of the threads. These bodies a
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