. First forms of vegetation. Botany; Cryptogams. 320 FIRST FORMS OF VEGETA TION. the Marsh Mitrula (Fig. 32), of a bright orange- yellow colour growing abundantly in July on dead leaves in wayside pools, will give a good idea of this order. Such is a brief analysis of the differ- ent orders of British Fungi, and a general survey of the different kinds of fructification. We find the same gradation in the scale of de- velopment among the fungi that exists among the. Fig. 32.—Mitrula paludosa. {a) Natural size, {b) Ascus containing sporidia, highly magnified. flowering plants. The moulds and mild
. First forms of vegetation. Botany; Cryptogams. 320 FIRST FORMS OF VEGETA TION. the Marsh Mitrula (Fig. 32), of a bright orange- yellow colour growing abundantly in July on dead leaves in wayside pools, will give a good idea of this order. Such is a brief analysis of the differ- ent orders of British Fungi, and a general survey of the different kinds of fructification. We find the same gradation in the scale of de- velopment among the fungi that exists among the. Fig. 32.—Mitrula paludosa. {a) Natural size, {b) Ascus containing sporidia, highly magnified. flowering plants. The moulds and mildews are analogous to annual herbaceous plants, and the agarics represent trees. And just as a tree is not an individual but a perennial colony of annual plants, growing vertically in the air instead of horizontally on the ground, so a mushroom may be theoretically regarded as a mass of closely com- pacted mould, a corporate structure built up of a. 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 Macmillan, Hugh, 1833-1903; Macmillan, Hugh, 1833-1903. Footnotes from the page of nature. London, Macmillan
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