. The mushroom book. A popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner Fungi, with special emphasis on the edible varieties. Mushrooms; Cookery (Mushrooms); cbk. CHAPTER XII: SPORE-SAC FUNGI— ASCOMYCETES All the fungi which belong in the class Ascomycetes de- velop their spores in little membranous sacs called asci. These asci are, as a rule, collected, together with slender empty asci, called para- physes, in variously shaped bodies, known in different orders by different names, such as perithecium, ascoma, apothecium, and receptacle. This class includes in its numbers individua
. The mushroom book. A popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner Fungi, with special emphasis on the edible varieties. Mushrooms; Cookery (Mushrooms); cbk. CHAPTER XII: SPORE-SAC FUNGI— ASCOMYCETES All the fungi which belong in the class Ascomycetes de- velop their spores in little membranous sacs called asci. These asci are, as a rule, collected, together with slender empty asci, called para- physes, in variously shaped bodies, known in different orders by different names, such as perithecium, ascoma, apothecium, and receptacle. This class includes in its numbers individuals ranging in size from microscopic one- celled plants to conspicuous and often beautiful specimens. We shall con- cern ourselves with but a few of those conspicuous ones which are attractive either from an edible or an artistic Asci and paraphyses ORDER TUBERALES—TRUFFLES The order Tuberales contains the truffles, which are subter- ranean fungi, ranging in size from an acorn to a good-sized po- tato. The asci or spore-sacs are formed on the inte- rior of the fungus, the warty truffle itself being called an as- coma, as it contains the asci. Since the time of Pliny and Dioscorides, truffles have been known and esteemed as a table delicacy. Since they mature As'-c6-my-ce'-tes Tu'-b^r-a'-les 135. 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 Marshall, Nina L. (Nina Lovering). New York, Doubleday, Page & Co.
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