The microscope and its revelations . Clavaria crispula :—a, portion of the mycelium magnified. GENEEATIOX OF PUXGI.—LnTEEWOETS ; MAECHAlfTIA. 387 branclimg cells {a), interlacing amongst each other, but havingno intimate connection; and this mycelium has such anindefiniteness of form, and varies so little in the differenttribes of Fungi, that no determination of species, genus, oreven family, could be certainly made from it alone.—Therecent observations of Tulasne render it probable that a truesexual generation exists among the Eungi; since he has ascer-tained that the presence of bodies resem
The microscope and its revelations . Clavaria crispula :—a, portion of the mycelium magnified. GENEEATIOX OF PUXGI.—LnTEEWOETS ; MAECHAlfTIA. 387 branclimg cells {a), interlacing amongst each other, but havingno intimate connection; and this mycelium has such anindefiniteness of form, and varies so little in the differenttribes of Fungi, that no determination of species, genus, oreven family, could be certainly made from it alone.—Therecent observations of Tulasne render it probable that a truesexual generation exists among the Eungi; since he has ascer-tained that the presence of bodies resembling the spermatiaof Lichens (§ 207) maybe regarded as universal in the organsof fmctification, at an early period of their are budded-off (so to speak) from ramifying filaments,which are sometimes developed in the midst of those thatbear the spores, and are sometimes found on other parts ofthe plant, being occasionally included ia distinct concep-tacies or spermogonia, as in Lichens. The whole history ofth
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