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FIG. 48. Transverse section of oak timber destroyed by 

 Polyporus suljthureus. (K. Hartig.) 



FIG. 49. Highly magnified longitudinal radial section of 

 a piece of oak destroyed by a timber fungus, showing 

 the ravages of the hyphas in the various tissues. (R. 

 Hartig.) 



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