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quired. A mechanism such as the one shown here (abbreviated) 



11'^+ HiNlCHilaNHlCHshNHi 



Spermidine 



CH3— S— CH2 



OH OH 



CH— COOH 



I 

 NH2 



S-Methyl-S-adenosyl- 

 methionine 



toH 



OH OH 



may be operative. 



637 Ammonia, NH3, colorless gas. 



NH3 



Widely distributed in the fruiting bodies of the higher 

 fungi and lichens. The content increases with age. 

 Elard Stein von Kamienski, Planta 50 331 (1958). 



638 Methylamine, CH5N, colorless gas. 



CH3NH2 



Russula (11 spp.), Lactarius deliciosus, L. vellereus, 

 L. helvus. Boletus edulis, B. appendiculatus, Scleroderma 

 vulgare-; Anthurus muellerianus, Mutinus caninus, Tra- 

 chypus versipellis, Dermocybe (Cortinarius) cinnamo- 

 mea, Lepiota clypeolaria, Pholiota mutabilis, Sticta fulig- 

 inosa, S. sylvatica, Polyporus sulfureus 



Elard Stein von Kamienski, Planta 50 331 (1958). 



P. H. List, Planta Med. 6 424 (1958). 



639 Ethylamine, C2H7N, volatile liquid, b.p. 16.6°. 



CH3CH2NH2 



Claviceps purpurea, Polyporus sidfureus 

 Maximilian Steiner and Elard Stein von Kamienski, Natur- 

 wissenschaften 42 345 (1955). 



P. H. List, Planta Med. 6 424 (1958). 



