. Fungi, ascomycetes, ustilaginales, uredinales. Fungi. Fig. I ro. a. Cordyiips niililayis {\,.\ Linl< ; /'. Cordycps opJiiL'i^Iossoides [^\\\\\.)\J\r\V\ after Tulasnc. Tlie mature sclerotium is a compact mass of interwoven h_\'phac \\ hose cells are rich in glycogen and oily matter. During its development the in- ternal organs of the host are completely destro)-ed and replaced b\- the m\-celium, the skin alone remaining intact. From this mummified structure one or more stromata arise, emerging between two segments of the skin, usual!)' near the head. The stroma is dift'erentiated into an e
. Fungi, ascomycetes, ustilaginales, uredinales. Fungi. Fig. I ro. a. Cordyiips niililayis {\,.\ Linl< ; /'. Cordycps opJiiL'i^Iossoides [^\\\\\.)\J\r\V\ after Tulasnc. Tlie mature sclerotium is a compact mass of interwoven h_\'phac \\ hose cells are rich in glycogen and oily matter. During its development the in- ternal organs of the host are completely destro)-ed and replaced b\- the m\-celium, the skin alone remaining intact. From this mummified structure one or more stromata arise, emerging between two segments of the skin, usual!)' near the head. The stroma is dift'erentiated into an erect, sterile stem, which may be simple or branched, and a globose or elongated, fleshy, fertile portion, usual)}' terminal on the stem and bearing the perithecia ('fig. III). It is pale or bright coloured; red in the best known British species, C. militaris ; and in other forms, purple, flesh-coloured, lemon-yellow or o{ various shades of 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 Gwynne-Vaughan, Helen Charlotte Isabella (Fraser) Dame, 1879-. Cambridge [Eng] University Press
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