755 



Auerbach's stain, 591 

 Auriculariaceae, characters of family, 216 

 Auricularia Auricula- Judae, 216 

 Autodigestion of Coprinus comatus, 65; 



of fungi, 54 

 Autophyllogeny, 33;^ 

 Awamori, a beverage, 147 



B 



Bacillus amylobocter, 36; spores in, 25; 

 amylovorus 36, 536, 644; aroideae, 

 36; Biitschli, spores in, 25; butyricus, 

 36; calf actor, 36; carotovorus, 36; 

 caucasicus in Kefir, 141; coli, 36; 

 inflatus, spores in, 25; influenzae, 

 length and breadth of, 22; lathyri, 

 547; loxosporus, spores in, 25; 

 loxosus, spores in, 25; megatherium, 

 nuclear material in, 24; mesentericus 

 vulgatus as a milk curdler, 59; 

 musae, 36, 484; nitri, length and 

 breadth of, 22; nuclear material in, 

 24; phytophthorus 313, 646; prodi- 

 giosus, 36; and high temperatures, 360; 

 putrificus, 36; radicicola, 29, 36, 612; 

 involution forms, 30; sub tills, 36; 

 rapidity of cell division, 24; spores in, 

 25; tetani, 36; tracheiphilus, 36, 313, 

 525 



Bacteria, fermentation, 32; as disease 

 producers, 275; bibliography, 40; 

 characterization, 638; classification of, 

 28; in general, 21; kinds of spores in, 

 25; of root tubercles, figures of, 31; 

 systematic account, 34 



Bacteriaceae, 35 



Bacteriology emphasized, 271; systema- 

 tic, 630, 631 



Bacteriopurpurin, 38 



Bacterium, 35; aceticum, 36; fermenta- 

 tion by, 32; acidi-lactici, 36; fermen- 

 tation by, 32; in Matzoon, 141; 

 anthracis, 35; campestris, 485, 486, 

 487; diptheridis, 35; gammari, nuclear 

 material in, 24; influenzae, 35; Kiitz- 

 47 



ingianus, fermentation by, 320; leprae 

 35; Pasteurianus, fermentation by, 

 32; mallei, 35; michiganense, 35; 

 pestis, 35; phosphoreum, 36; pneu- 

 moniae, 35; Rathayi, 35; tuberculosis, 

 35; vermiforme in ginger beer, 140 



Balance, organic, ^5^ 



Balanophoraceae, parasites of, 299 



Banana bud-rot, 484 



Bark-boring beetles, 294 



Basidiobolus ranarum on frog drug, 85 



Basidiolichenes, 81 



Basidiomycetales, characters of, 177; 

 Key to suborders, 177 



Basidiospores, 49, 187 



Basidium, 187 



Bastard toad-flax, 298 



Beam of light method of studying spore 

 discharge, 64 



Bean mosaic, 577 



Beefsteak fungus, 230 



Beet leaf-spot, 484, 485 



Beet rust, 485 



Beetles, bark boring, 294 



Beggiatoa, 38; alba, 38; length and 

 breadth of, 22; mirabilis, 38; length 

 and breadth of, 22 



Beggiatoaceae, 38 



Benecke, W., mentioned, 54 



Benzaldehyde, 59 



Biastrepsis, 333 



Bibliography of Ascomycetales, 174, 

 i75> 176; of bacteria, 40; of disease 

 prevention, 318; of galls, 401, 402; 

 of non-parasitic diseases, 580; of 

 Oomycetales, 118, 119; of plant 

 diseases in general, 353; of rusts, 214, 

 215, 216; of slime moulds, 18, 19, 20; 

 of smuts, 185, 186; of works on plant 

 diseases, 412; of Zygomycetales, 105 



Biciliate zoospores, escape of, 67 



Binucleate hyphal cells of Gasteromy- 

 cetes, 218; of Hymenomycetes, 218 



Biochemic features of bacteria, 636 



Biting insects, 296 



Bitter-pit of apples, 570 



