COXTHXTS 



INTRODUCTION 



GENERA1 



Vegetative Structure . 

 Sexual Reproduction . 



Spores and Spore Mother-cells 

 Accessor}- Spores 

 Morphology of the Spore 

 Classification 



SAPROPHYTISM, PARASITISM AND SYMBIOSIS 



Saprophytism . 



Saprophytes on Wood 



Saprophytes on Soil 



Coprophilous Fungi 



Fungi on Fatty Substrata 



Fungi producing Alcoholic Fermentation 



Soot Fungi . 



Parasitism 



Facultative Parasites 

 Obligate Parasites 



Symbiosis .... 

 Endotrophic Mycorhiza 

 Exotrophic Mycorhiza 



SPECIALIZATION OF SAPROPHYTISM AND PARASITISM 



Heteroecism 

 Biological Species 



REACTK >NS TO STIMULI . 



Chemotropism 



I lydrotropism 



Aerotropism and Osmotropism 



Phototropism 



Phototaxis . 



Formative Influei 



Geotropism . 



ASCOMYCETES . 

 GENERAL 



The Ascospores 

 The Ascus . 

 The Ascocarp 

 The Paraphyses 

 The Peridium 

 Alternation of Generations 

 Early Investigators 



ce of Light 



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