CONTENTS. 



Vll 



CHAPTER LVII. CHEMICAL ACTIVITY OF THE ASPERGILLACE^;. 



BY PROF. DR. C. WEHMER. 



289. General Review . .350 

 290. Sacchar i fication of 



Starch . . . 351 

 291. Acid Funnentatio' s . 353 

 292. The Fission of Disac- 

 charides and THsac- 

 charides, Glucosides, 

 and Polysaccharid.es 

 (Starch excepted) . 361 



293. Formation of Alcohol . 367 

 294. The Degradation of 



Proteids and their 



Derivatives 



295. Colour! n g-m a 1 1 e r s, 

 Poisons, Oxidations, 

 &c. 



369 



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CHAPTER LVIII. MYCOSPH^RELLA TULASNEI AND SPH^ERULINA 



INTERMfXTA, OTHKRWISE CLADOSPORIUM HERBARUM AND 



DEMATIUM PULLULANS. 



BY PROF. DR. G. LINDAU. 



296. Cladosporium 

 rum . 



herba- 



375 



297. Dematium pullulans . 379 



Section XVI. General Morphology, Physiology, and Classifica- 

 tion of Technically Important Budding Fungi of the 

 Group "Fungi Imperfeeti." 



CHAPTER LIX. TORULACE^J, PINK YEASTS AND BLACK YEASTS. 

 BY PROF. DR. H. WILL. 



298. Historical, Delimitation, 



Derivation . . 384 



299. Occurrence, Dissemina- 

 tion, and Morphology 

 of the Torulacese . 389 



300. Physiology and Chemis- 

 try of the Torul icea3 . 394 



301. Red Yeasts and Black 



Yeasts . . .401 



CHAPTER LX. MYCODERMA. 

 BY PROF. DR. RICHARD MEISSNER. 



302. Species of Mycoderma . 408 



33- F rm i Dimensions, and 

 Contents of Myco- 

 dermM Cells . . 409 



304. Reproduction of Myco- 

 derma in and upon 

 Various Nutrient 

 Melia . . . 411 



305. Superficial Vegetations 

 nnd their Attendant 

 Phenomena . , 414 



306. The Destruction and 

 Production of Acid in 

 Nutrient Liquids by 

 Mj coder ma . -417 



307. Destruction and Forma- 

 tion of other Organic 

 Substances by Myco- 

 derma . . . 419 



308. Influence of other Fac- 

 tors on the Vitality ol 

 MycoJerina , . 420 



