The fascicle 3-4 mm.
"The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio"
A. P. Morgan
Dr. Hovery describes its beauty thus: "Each rosette is made of countless fibrous crystals; each tiny crystal is in itself a study; each fascicle of carved prisms is wonderful and the whole glorious blossom is a miracle of beauty.
"See America First"
Orville O. Hiestand
It is true that from the inner tissue numerous filamentous branches shoot forth at the cost of this growing fascicle, and break through the black rind, but its filaments remain strongly bound, in an almost parallel situation, to a cylindrical cord, which for a time lengthens itself and spreads out its free end to a flat plate-like disc.
"Fungi: Their Nature and Uses"
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke