POWDERY MILDEW OF CHERRY 



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cultivated and wild plants belonging to Rosaceae ; it also 

 occurs on species of Vaccinium and Diospyros. 



It appears on young leaves and tender shoots as small 



Fig. i6. — Phyllactinia stiffulta. i, liazel leaf with 

 fungus; 2, perithecia, a ; appendages,/;; mycelium, f; 

 ascus escaping from a perithecium, e, x 75 ; 3, asci con- 

 taining spores, X 300. 



white patches, which soon spread and run into each other, 

 forming a thin white felt ; both surfaces of the leaf are 

 attacked. Chains of conidia are first formed, and later in 



