When dropped upon water these spores very soon emit a short tube, which ordinarily curves in an arch or circle, almost from its origin, attaining a length of from three to six times the diameter of the spore; then this tube gives rise to four spicules, each of which produces a small obovate or reniform Sporule; the generation of these Sporules absorbs all the plastic matter contained in the germ-tube, which permits of the observation that it was divided into four cells corresponding with the number of spicules.
"Fungi: Their Nature and Uses"
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
The orange protoplasm passes along the colourless tubes to the terminal Sporule at the end of its vegetation.
"Fungi: Their Nature and Uses"
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
In all cases the spicule originates before the Sporule which it carries, and also attains its full length when the Sporule appears.
"Fungi: Their Nature and Uses"
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke