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second assumes a thread-like appearance, bearing spores on 

 the tips of the threads, or on short processes, and sometimes 



Fig. 1. The jointed Tlireads of 

 Common Mouldiness. 



Fig. 2. Threads bearing Spores. 



in cases, by the rupture of which they are dispersed. They 

 sometimes assume the beautiful appearance delineated in Fig. 2, 

 where the jointed threads and the attachment of the spores in 

 the way mentioned will be perceived. The actual forms even of 

 these simplest fungals are thus shown to be extremely interesting. 



