Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University

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Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University Volume 1
published_at 1950

The Ash. Figures of Polypores and Mushrooms.

菌草の灰像について
Hino Iwao
Descriptions
The ash-figures of plant bodies are now widely utilized for the identification or taxo-nomy of higher plants. Though they are not yet done in the field of cryptogames. As far as the writer's studies concern the ash-figures of the polypores and mushrooms are specific according to their species in the respect of the constitution and colour of the ash-figure and the form or size of the crystals found in it. The ash-figure seems to be utilized for the identification of polypores and mushrooms.