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4. Cladochytrium Nowakowski (in Cohn, Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen, 

 2: 92, 1877). 

 A thorough comparative study of this genus and the two follow- 

 ing is greatly needed. The separation used here, adapted from von 



Fig. 33. — NowahowskieUa elegans (Nowak.) Schroter. (a) Terminal sporan- 

 gium on branching mycelium; secondary sporangium formed by proliferation 

 within the primary ; lids of both fallen away. (6) Swarmsporangium containing 

 spores, (c) Swarmspores. (d) Amoeboid zoospores. {After Nowakowski 

 1876.) 



Minden (1911 : 389), is clearly inadequate, but can not be replaced 

 by a more natural grouping until much additional work has been 

 done. As here constituted the genus Cladochytrium contains 

 relatively few species, and only one of these, the type species, 



