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PRIZE essay; 



FI&. II.— FUNGUS (SMUT) FOUND OK EOTTEN POTATOES, VEET SIMILAR TO RUST. 



(a) Young head, or spore. (J) More matured state, (c) Shedding or scattering 

 the seeds or sporules. 



work through the substances on which the fungi grow. They 

 represent the roots of the fungus. From this network proceed 

 bodies resembling globes, (fig. 1) circular disks, mitres, cups and 

 coralline branches, which bear the organs of reproduction.(i) The 



(2) pucciNiA QUi-Mivs (Common Mildew.) 



(I) Ency. Brit., 8th Edi. 



