HYPHOMYCETES. 



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HYPHOMYCETES. 



(figs. 348, 349, 350 & 351). These filamen- 

 tous pedicels in most cases exhibit a con- 

 traction just below the point of origin of the 

 spore, giving them the same appearance as 

 the pedicels of basidiospores. The spores 



Fig. 348. 



Fig. 349. 



Fig. 348. Cephalothecium roseum. Magn. 200 diams. 

 Fig. 349. Botrytis nutans. Magn, 200 diams. 



are round (PI. 20. fig. 15), oval (fig. 351, and 

 PI. 20. figs. 5, 6), spindle-shaped (Fusisro- 

 RIUM), spiral (HELICOSPORUM), and iso- 

 lated or connected (fig. 350) in beaded lines 



Fig. 350. 



Cephalotrichum Caput-Medusse. 

 Magnified 200 diams. 



(PENICILLIUM, ASPERGILLUS), or grouped 

 in a stellate form. In the Isariacei and Stil- 

 bacei the erect pedicels are composed of a 

 number of conjoined filaments (fig. 354) ; in 

 the other families the pedicels are simple 

 filaments. Some authors include among 

 these plants theMucorini(PHYSOMYCETEs), 

 regarding the vesicular envelope of the spores 



there as a mere veil, not a true cell producing 

 the spores in its interior. This family is of 



Fig. 351. 



Fig. 352. 



Clonostachys Araucaria. 



Fig. 351. Magn. 200 diams. 



Fig. 352. A fertile branch. Magn. 400 diams. 



especial interest from containing so many 

 moulds and mildews, and various parasitical 

 Fungi to which the diseases of plants, and in 



Fig. 353. 



Fig. 354. 



Ceratocladium microspermum. 

 Fig. 353. Magnified 200 diams. 

 Fig. 354. Spores magnified 400 diams. 



some cases of animals, have been attributed. 

 Further particulars respecting these will be 

 found under the Families, also PARASITIC 

 FUNGI. 



