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This “vermiform body” of M. Woronin has since come to be recognized under the name of “scolecite.”

Tulasne observes that this “scolecite” or ringed body can be readily isolated in Ascobolus furfuraceus.

But of the importance of the ringed body, or “scolecite,” there was no room for doubt, as being the certain and habitual rudiment of the fertile cup.

So long as their smallness permits of their being seen in the field of the microscope, it can be determined that they adhere to a single filament of the mycelium by the base of the scolecite which remains naked.

At first continuous, then septate, these cells by their union constitute a cellular tissue, which increases little by little until the scolecite is so closely enveloped that only its superior extremity can be seen.