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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Fig. 14. — Blue mold fungus (in part), highly magnified, showing a branch spore-stalk 

 (conidiophore), a, producing chains of sjiores (conidia), c; b, basidia; s, three spores more 

 highly magnified. B, the fruit mold (in part), a, the common spore from this fungus consisting 

 of minute stalks, each bearing a globular, black spore case (sporangium), at its apex, some- 

 what magnified; b, (sporangium), breaking open to discharge its spores; c, mature spores,, 

 very highly magnified. (Original.) 



PIXK MOLD. 



(Cephalothecium roseum Corda.) 



Fig. 15.— An apple showing pink mold following apple scab, and cau.sing the dccav of the 



fruit. (Original.) 



