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Fig. 44. Aspergillus variecolor. A, Central area of colony; a, cluster of large 

 pseudostalked perithelia; b, scattered, smaller, unstalked perithecia (see also figure 

 42 F); c, scattered conidial heads, X 6. B, Enlarged view of large, pseudostalked 

 perithecium, X 65. C, Enlarged view of small, unstalked perithecia, X 65. D, 

 Enlarged view of conidial heads, X 65. (Reprinted from Thorn and Raper, "The 

 Aspergillus nidulans Group," Mycologia 31: 653-669. 1939.) 



crests, up to 3.5m in width, pleated and cot to give a stellate appearance to 

 the ascospores (fig. 43 D). 



