11. The gleba is a solid mass of spores, generated within an enclosed area within the sporocarp . 12. The male sporocarp is greenish or reddish and looks like the egg mass of an insect or spider. 13. The sporocarps are functionally and developmentally modified leaflets, although they have much shorter stalks than the vegetative leaflets. 14. The sporocarps are functionally and developmentally modified leaves, although they have much shorter stalks than the vegetative leaves. 15. The plant produces sporocarps which can remain viable for 50 years and only release spores after being thoroughly soaked. 16. Each growing season, only one sporocarp develops per node along the rhizome near the base of the other leaf-stalks. 17. "H . hyalinus " specifically attaches to the basidiocarp on the sporocarp ( fruiting body ) of the fungus. 18. Inside the sporocarp , the modified leaflets bear several "'microsporangia, each of which will produce many small male microspores. 19. The spores remain dormant inside the sporocarp through unfavorable conditions, but when conditions are suitable and wet, the sporocarp will germinate. 20. The spores remain dormant inside the sporocarp through unfavorable conditions, but when conditions are suitable and wet, the sporocarp will germinate.
