BLACK KNOT 



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tima, Wang., Prunus americana, Marsh, Prunus virginiana, 

 L., Prunus serotina, Ehrb., and Prunus pemylvanica, L. 

 The fungus is readily recognised by the formation of 









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Fig. 26. Plowrightia morbosa. i, portion of a plum 

 branch showing the first stage of the disease ; 2, plum 

 branch with ' black knot, ' the stroma bearing perithecia ; 

 3, conidiophores bearing conidia, x 300 ; 4, ascus con- 

 taining eight ascospores, x 300. 



black, rough excrescences on the branches ; these are 

 often several inches in length, and sometimes cause the 



