. Plant life and plant uses; an elementary textbook, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany. Botany. Fig. 175. — Muoor. The bread mold, showing hyphcB below and sporophores above. The sporophores of toadstools and mushrooms are much more complex than those of the simpler and less conspic- uous fungi. Usually, especially in parasitic fungi, the sporophore is nothing more than a single erect filament which produces spores at the end. (See Figure 175.) A toadstool is a compound sporophore. The stem part of it is called the stipe. The cap part of it is called
. Plant life and plant uses; an elementary textbook, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany. Botany. Fig. 175. — Muoor. The bread mold, showing hyphcB below and sporophores above. The sporophores of toadstools and mushrooms are much more complex than those of the simpler and less conspic- uous fungi. Usually, especially in parasitic fungi, the sporophore is nothing more than a single erect filament which produces spores at the end. (See Figure 175.) A toadstool is a compound sporophore. The stem part of it is called the stipe. The cap part of it is called the pileus. On the under surface of the pileus you will notice the edges of the gills. (See Figures ij6 and 177.) It is on these gills that the spores are borne. If a ripe pileus is laid, gills down, on a piece of paper where the air is still, a spore print may be produced. The pileus and the paper must be left alone for a day or two. The ripe spores are usually dark colored. They fall on the paper and repro- duce quite accu-. FiG. 176. — Lepiota. A common edible mushroom. Note that the pileus in the youngest stages appears to be merely a swelling at the top of the stipe. Presently this swelling becomes ruptured at the base and flattens out revealing the gills beneath. Note the gills in the specimen which is 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 Coulter, John G. (John Gaylord), b. 1876. New York, American Book Co
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