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the contrary they are formed almost immediately under the most favor- 
able conditions and occur in all cultures. They rather resemble sporocarps 
in their function, but they do not contain asci, so far as has been de- 
termined. 
When broken open soon after formation, these bodies are found to con- 
tain a large number of small yeast-like cells, which have a cell wall and 
are filled with protoplasm which is at first clear but soon shows a number 
(usually two) of denser, spore-like granules. The covering of the body is 
a rough yellowish wall. 
If the yeast-like cells which these bodies contain were seen unaccom- 
panied by any mycelial growth, it would be extremely difficult to distin- 
guish them from the cells of a true yeast. This would appear to give con- 
siderable support to the theory that yeast and mould can be developed 
from the same growth interchangeably, but in reality it does not. Every 
attempt has been made to secure budding and fermentation from these 
cells but so far neither has been found. The growth of the cell is in every 
case by the sending out of a true mycelial filament. 
What appears to be another method of producing a body similar to the 
“one I have mentioned is shown in photographs 6 and 7. It may be that 
one of the filaments seen there fertilizes the other, though alt any rate the 
resulting body is similar in color and appearance to the one formed by the 
interlacing of the filaments. 
Three stages in a peculiar formation are shown in photographs 8, 9 
and 10. The process consists in the coiling together in a peculiar manner 
of two hyphz which may or may not arise from the same branch of the 
mycelium. Figures 8 and 9 show the coiling as it begins and figure 10 
shows it in a more advanced stage. The body in figure 10 appears to have 
a definite structure, being formed by the coiling of two hyphze—whose 
origin is visible—from the same mycelial branch. 
In conclusion it may be stated that the investigations are by no means 
considered complete, but that it is to be hoped that additions can be made 
to our knowledge in the near future. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Goebel—“‘Outlines of Classification.” 
Fischer & Brebeck—“‘Zur Morphologie, Biologie und Systematik der 
Kahnepilze.”’ 
Vines—“‘Texthook of Botany.” 
