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I Archicarp showing hyphae arising from the conidium (a) and from cells 
of the stalk coil (d); 7, the last cell of the ascogonium giving rise to the trichogyne not 
shown in the figure. 300 
PLATE 14 
Ascobolus carbonarius 
Fic. 45. Large pear-shaped conidium giving ‘rise to slender hyphae. 265. 
Fic. 46. Conidium with a swollen tip. 265. 
IG. 47. Coiled hyphae arising from the mycelium: s, the stalk of the coil; 
t, a conidium on the end of the coil. 200. 
IG, Two coils arising from the same mycelial hypha: s, the stalks of the 
coils; t, conidia arising from the coils; z, inflated conidia not connected with the coils. 
X 200. 
Fic. 49. Coil arising from the mycelial hypha at s. 200. 
PLATE I5 
Ascobolus Winteri 
Fic. 50. Archicarp arising from the mycelium; the septum has not yet formed. 
Fic. 51. One-celled stage of the archicarp. 675. 
Fic. 52. Archicarp composed of four cells, immature. 675. 
Fic. 53. Young archicarp showing hyphae (e) arising from the stalk cells. 
Fic. 54. Mature archicarp: a, stalk cells; b, ascogonium; ¢, trichogyne; d, 
antheridium (?). 4 
Fic. 55. Mat I h i the trichogyne (c) ) and hypha (d) somewhat 
distorted by the pressure of the cover glass; connection distinctly visible. 900. 
Fic. 56, 57. Archicarps which have taken on a vegetative growth, the tricho- 
nab (c) of FIG. 57 fusing with a mycelial hypha, and the hypha (d) from the stalk cell 
using with a branch from another hypha. 675. 
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