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The slime-flux is the product of an alcoholic fermentation ami 

 has at first a distinct odour of beer. The fermentation produces 

 a transparent foam in which are found Eii<l<>itii/i->* .]/</// >/.s/V 

 (Ludw.) and a yeast, Saccharumyci:* Lmhcigii (Hanseu); this hitt'-i. 

 Ludwig regards as a stage of the Eiul(>ini/r<*. Later a gelatinous 

 slime is developed in the foam from the presence of L> unnn^t,,,- 

 /,"'/< //< imii (Ludw.) Since this latter plant does not appear 

 in the early stages of the disease, it cannot be the cause, and 

 Ludwig says that the alcoholic fermentation due to the .A'// /">/< //ox 

 always appears first ; this conclusion requires confirmation. 



The milky outflow of trees. 1 



Towards the end of winter and in spring a white foamy slime 

 flows from freshly cut birches or hornbeams. According to 

 Ludwig, this i.s due to En<l<>i/ii/ci* n ///<// i.^ (Ludw.) 



Red slime-flux. 1 



Ludwig found on the cut twigs of hornbeam, a red fungus 

 which he called Rhodomyces <I> ml rii<irt!i<x. This may occur alone 

 or along with the white flux, which it colours red. 



Brown slime-flux. '-' 



This is found on apple-trees, elms, lurch, horse-chestnut, 

 poplar, oak, etc., from spring till winter. The slime, Ludwig 



3, is developed in the wood, and breaks through, causing 

 the bark to decay. The wood is destroyed and smells of butyric 

 acid. The slime contains micromeei (Mirrorm-mx ///<///< y//7//*.s, 

 Ludw.) and a form of Turnln (T. monilioides). 



In Thuringia, many avenue-frees (.//. chestnuts, apples, and 

 birch), are reported to have been killed from this cause. That 

 the disease was really the result of a I'xn-t, fill 111, and that death 

 Was due to this slime-tlux, lias yet to be proved, as Ludwig 



himself states. 



Black slime-flux. 



Ludwig considers hriclly .some forms he found in ,i black 



slillie-llu.X oh-erved by him oil beeches. 



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