RE AI ARKS ON BETTER-KNOWN SPECIES 



12S 



This species subsists on a wide variety of media and lends itself 

 well to biochemical experimentations on the nutrition of fungi 

 and to studies on enzymic and respiratory activities. 



Sporodinia grandis is commonly and widely found on decaying 

 mushrooms, especially species of Russula and Lactarius. 



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Fig. 40. Matings of + and — strains of Blakeslea trispora. Zygotes form 

 lines at junction of colonies. (From Weber and Wolf.) 



