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Minnesota Plant Diseases. 



FIG. 121. The dry-rot fungus (Mcrulius lacrymans). Shows the surface of a pine 

 board which has been attacked by the dry-rot mycelium; it is not yet, however, com- 

 pletely converted to punk. The felted mycelium has been partially removed, show- 

 ing the accentuated grain of the attacked portions. The mycelium has penetrated! 

 some distance beyond the white mycelial felt. Original. 



