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[Vol. 6 



ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



period of incubation are indicated by the symbols designated 

 in the footnotes in the following tables : 



TABLE XIV (Series A) 



THE EFFECT OF BACTERIA ON THE RATE OF DECAY INDUCED BY FOMESPINICOLA, 



POLYSTICTUS VERSICOLOR, AND LENZITES SAEPIARIA ON RED OAK 



I 



II 



III 



IV 



V 



I 



II 



III 



IV 



V 



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d 



d 



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3 



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E 



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3-° 



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d 



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co 





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d o 



CO 



E 



So 



GO 0> 



CO ^ 



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CO 

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3 



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03 C^ 



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bo i> 



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co 



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3 



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Control, error due to weighing ± . 02 % 



f. /)i'njco/a 2/16/17, i. saepiaria 3/30/17 



71 

 72 

 73 

 74 

 75 

 76 

 77 

 78 

 79 

 80 

 Average 



8.37 

 7.98 

 7.41 

 9.00 

 8.96 

 9.51 

 7.39 

 7.56 

 8.09 

 9.16 



8.36 

 7.98 

 7.41 

 9.00 

 8.96 

 9.50 

 7.39 

 7.56 

 8.09 

 9.16 



0.01 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.01 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.00 



Fomes pinicola 2/16/17 



0.12 



21 



0.00 



22 



0.00 



23 



0.00 



24 



0.00 



25 



0.10 



26 



0.00 



27 



0.00 



28 



0.00 



29 



0.00 



30 



0.02 



Average 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 Average I 



9.44 

 9.47 

 9.45 

 8.71 

 8.87 

 8.83 

 9.51 

 9.03 

 9.34 

 9.00 



9.41 

 9.47 

 9.45 

 8.70 

 8.84 

 8.83 

 9.48 

 9.03 

 9.33 

 9.00 



0.03 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.01 

 0.03 

 0.00 

 0.03 

 0.00 

 0.01 

 0.00 



0.32 

 0.00 

 0.00 

 0.11 

 0.38 

 0.00 

 0.31 

 0.00 

 0.11 

 0.00 

 0.10 



9.52 



9.50 



1 0.02 



0.21 



9.79 



9.75 



0.04 



0.40 



10.05 



10.04 



0.01 



0.10 



9.53 



9.49 



0.04 



0.60 



10.30 



10.25 



0.05 



0.48 



9.69 



9.67 



0.02 



0.21 



9.32 



9.30 



0.02 



0.21 



10.15 



10.14 



0.01 



0.10 









0.29 



F. pinicola 2/16/17, 

 saepiaria 3/30/17 



P. versicolor & 



F. pinicola 2/16/17, P. versicolor 3/29/17 



11 

 12 



13 

 14 



15 



16 



17 



18 

 19 

 20 



Average 



8.75 

 9.22 

 9.42 

 9.11 



8.72 

 9.20 

 9.39 



9.09 



0.03 

 0.02 

 0.03 

 0.02 



9.89 

 9.26 

 9.12 

 9.95 



9.78 

 9.26 

 9.07 

 9.92 



0.11 

 0.00 

 0.05 

 0.03 



0.34 

 0.21 



0.32 



0.22 



1.11 

 0.00 



0.55 



0.30 



0.36 



31 



9.53 



9.32 



0.21 



32 



8.72 



8.61 



0.11 



33 



9.47 j 



9.27 



0.20 



34 



10.26 



10.20 



0.06 



35 



9.02 



8.90 



0.12 



36 



9.36 



9.20 



0.16 



37 



9.41 



9.35 



0.06 



38 



9.96 



9.91 



0.05 



39 



9.71 



9.53 



0.18 



40 



9.55 



9.52 



0.03 



Average! 









2.22 

 1.26 

 2.11 



0.58 

 1.33 

 1.70 

 0.63 

 0.50 

 1.85 

 0.31 

 1.24 



F. pinicola 2/16/17, 

 3/30/17 



B. prodigiosus 



41 



9.23 



9.18 



0.05 



0.54 



42 



9.35 



8.95 



0.40 



4.27 



43 



9.94 



9.86 



0.08 



0.80 



44 



8.70 



8.43 



0.27 



3.08 



45 



9.45 



9.26 



0.19 



2.01 



46 



8.97 



8.91 



0.06 



0.67 



47* 



9.12 



8.99 



0.13 



1.42 



48 



9.42 



9.20 



0.22 



2.46 



49* 



9.14 



9.04 



0.10 



1.09 



50* 



9.33 



9.19 



0.14 



1.60 



Average! 









1.79 



No bacteria present at end of incubation. 



