Nature and development of plants . ^^M, ^fyptti Fig. 155. Fig. 156. Fig. 155. The stroma of Cordyceps emerging from the pupa of a mothanil forming a club-like organ with numerous ascocarps, as, in its apicalregion. Fig. 156. One of the common cup fungi, Pcziza, with hroadly openascocarps. Common upon rich humus soil and decaying wood. cocoon stage. At this time, the mycelium which flourishes inthe tissues of the host, sends up club-like bodies (Fig. 155).that bear the ascocarps as in the case of the ergot. 90. Forms with Broadly Opened Ascocarps.—The remainingorders of the Ascomycetes include


Nature and development of plants . ^^M, ^fyptti Fig. 155. Fig. 156. Fig. 155. The stroma of Cordyceps emerging from the pupa of a mothanil forming a club-like organ with numerous ascocarps, as, in its apicalregion. Fig. 156. One of the common cup fungi, Pcziza, with hroadly openascocarps. Common upon rich humus soil and decaying wood. cocoon stage. At this time, the mycelium which flourishes inthe tissues of the host, sends up club-like bodies (Fig. 155).that bear the ascocarps as in the case of the ergot. 90. Forms with Broadly Opened Ascocarps.—The remainingorders of the Ascomycetes include genera in which the ascocarps DEVELOPMENT OF PLANTS 2 19 are broadly open and often associated with large masses of my-celium, thus forming a conspicuous stroma. 91. Order g. Pezizales or the Cup Fungi.—These plants arecharacterized by the formation of fleshy, leathery or gelatinouscup-like ascocarps that range in size from mere specks to formsfour or five inches in diameter (Fig. 156). The mycelium livesupon the humus in the


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