. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. 154 A TEXT-BOOK OF BOTANY of the markets will serve as an illustration. The myce- lium of white branching threads spreads extensively through the substratum of decaying organic material, and by those I who grow mush- rJ rooms is called spawn. This my- celium, although the least conspicu- ous part of the mushroom, is, of course, the real vegetative body. Upon this under- ground mycelium little knob-like pro- tuberances arise (buttons), growing larger and larger (Fig. 145) until they develop into the umbrella - like structures common- ly spo
. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. 154 A TEXT-BOOK OF BOTANY of the markets will serve as an illustration. The myce- lium of white branching threads spreads extensively through the substratum of decaying organic material, and by those I who grow mush- rJ rooms is called spawn. This my- celium, although the least conspicu- ous part of the mushroom, is, of course, the real vegetative body. Upon this under- ground mycelium little knob-like pro- tuberances arise (buttons), growing larger and larger (Fig. 145) until they develop into the umbrella - like structures common- ly spoken of as mushrooms (Fig. 146). This um- brella-like struc- ture, ho\vc^'er, cor- responds to the Fig. 147.—Seetiona through the gills of a, common sporophores that mushnifim; .4, gills hanging from the pileus; B. n ,-, single gill showing the basidium layer; C. much O-riSe irom tnC my- enlarged view, showing the basidia-bearing spores, cplia of otllOT STOUDS —.\fter Sachs. 6 1-' of Fungi, except that it includes a large number of sporophores organized into a single large body- Therefore, the real mushroom body is a subterranean mycelium, upon which the struc-. 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 Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton
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