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beans or onions. In hay infusion (20%), slightly acid, hemispheric growth at 

 bottom of tube on fifth day. Same in Sabouraud maltose broth, peptone glu- 

 cose broth, potato decoction, or carrot decoction. 



Interesting cases have been reported by Montpellier (1921, 1924), Lin- 

 hares (1917), Magalhaes (1919), Fonseca & Area Leao (1927), and Gay & 



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Fig. 133. — Monosporium apiospermum Saccaxdo. 1, 2, pyriform conidia ; S, i, crescent or 

 fusiform conidia; 5-12, chlamydospores in various stages of development. (After Fonseca & 

 ArSa Leao 1927.) 



Bigelow (1930). Unpublished observations of R. F. Smart in my laboratory 

 indicate suggestions of copulation and sexuality but, unfortunately, Smart's 

 studies were interrupted before completion. Sclerotia were very abundant in 

 corn meal agar. 



