P. A. VAN DER Bijl 275 



21. vii. 14. Colour bottom of Petri dish, peach-red (Plate 98. I). 



Majority of chlamydospores L6*5 26-4/z diameter. 

 25. vii. 14. Growth grey (Plate 359. 1) with, in places, ;i pink tinge, 



raised 2 mm. Reverse Petri dish madder-brown (Plate 



331. 4). Conidia few, small, and general shape figured 



on banana. 



Potato agar. (PI. XXXIX, fig. 9.) Grey growth which in the centre 

 is thick and fluffy-looking; about 3 mm. thick; 5-6 mm. from edge the 

 growth is only raised about 1 mm. and radiates outwards. Colour on 

 reverse of Petri dish, buff (Plate 309. 1). Chlamydospores 13-2-23-1//, 

 diameter. 



Measurements of conidia: 



Length Breadth Number of cells 

 34-65 n 6-6 fi 4 



29-7 6-6 1 



23 1 4-95 2 



23-1 6-6 2 



33-0 6-6 1 



Liquid beerwort tubes. (PL XXXIX, fig. 10.) Inoculated 13. vii. 14. 

 20. vii. 14. Pure white cottony growth on surface of liquid ; this 

 growth creeps up the side of the tube. In one tube the 

 following regions were evident : 



(1) A leaden-grey ring (Plate 353. 1) about 3 mm. 



wide. 



(2) Above this a rosy-flesh (Plate 134. 1) about 



2 mm. wide. 



(3) A very fight yellow about 1 mm. wide. 



(4) Above this pure white mycelial growth which 



creeps up the sides of the tube.. 

 27. vii. 14. The regions in the tube above referred to are: (1) leaden- 

 grey (Plate 353. 4); (2) rosy-flesh (Plate 134. 4); 

 (3) mineral-brown (Plate 339. 4); (4) pure-white with 

 yellowish places just above (3). Chlamydospores 14-85- 

 26-4/x diameter. 



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