or that the liability to produce parasitic fungi is communicated from the seed to the mature plant by some process which combines the Pangenesis of Darwin with the spontaneous generation of Bastian?

I was under the impression that he regarded the “four consecutive forms of reproductive cells in the bunt” as an instance of alternation of generations. On reference to the original paper ...

My research interests focus on molecular and cellular aspects of plant growth and development ... Spiro M.D. and Knisely K.I. 2008 Alternation of generations and experimental design: a guided-inquiry ...