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METHODS OF IDENTIFICATION AND STUDY 



Beaded: Consisting of loosely placed or disjointed 

 colonies (Fig. 150, .6). 



Papillate: Beset with papillate extensions. 



Echinate: Beset with acicular extensions (Fig. 150, c). 



Villous: Beset with short, undivided, hair-like 

 extensions (Fig. 150, d). 



Plumose : A delicate feathery growth. 



FIG. 151. Stab cultivations types of growth:/, Crateriform; g, saccate; 

 h, infundibuliform; j, napiform; k, fusiform; I, stratiform. 



Arborescent: Branched or tree-like, beset with 

 branched hair-like extensions (Fig. 150, e). 

 (C) Area of Liquefaction (if present) . 

 Crateriform: A saucer-shaped liquefaction of the 

 gelatine (Fig. 151, /). 



