In Plate A is presented a sketch of the common field mushroom, Agaricus campester. Fig. 1 represents the mature plant; Fig. 2, a sectional view of the same; Fig. 3, the basidia, club-shaped cells from the summit of which proceed the slender tubes called sterigmata, which support the spores—highly magnified; Fig. 4, the sterigmata; Fig. 5, the mycelium, highly magnified, supporting immature mushrooms; Fig. 6, the spores as shed from an inverted mushroom cap; Fig. 7, spores magnified.
Plate B.
In Plate B is represented a leading type of each of the six orders of the family Hymenomycetes:
- Fig. 1. Cap with radiating gills beneath. Agaricini.
- Fig. 2. Cap with spines or teeth beneath. Hydnei.
- Fig. 3. Cap with pores or tubes beneath. Polyporei.
- Fig. 4. Cap with the under or spore-bearing surface even. Thelephorei.
- Fig. 5. Whole plant, club-shaped, or bush-like and branched. Clavarei.
- Fig. 6. Whole plant irregularly expanded, substance gelatinous. Tremellini.
Copyright, 1897, by
Thomas Taylor, M. D.,
and
A. R. Taylor.