| These cystidia extend above the basidia, and the ends are rounded so that sometimes they appear capitate. |
| The basidia are called mother-cells because they produce the spores. |
| Paraphyses and sometimes cystidia or spines are intermingled with the basidia. |
| In the young stage the basidia in the Hypogi are easily distinguished by the aid of the microscope. |
| The basidia are abruptly club-shaped, rather distant and separated regularly by rounded cells, four spored. |
| At the microscopic level the basidiospores are shot off basidia and then fall between the gills in the dead air space. |
