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Penicillium glaucum (green mold or mildew), a type of mildew, 

 belonging to the Ascomycetes class of Fungi, forms sage-green crusts 

 on bread, jellies, old boots, gloves, and various pharmaceutical 

 preparations. It consists of a felt-like mass of interlaced tubular 



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FIG. 130. A, B, Lachnea scutelata. A, Habit; B, ascus with paraphysis; C, D, 

 Lachnea hemisphcerica; C, habit; D, ascus with paraphysis; E, Sarcosphcera aren- 

 osa habit; F, G, Sarcosphcera coronaria; F, ascus; G, habit; H, Sarcosphcera areni- 

 cola ascus with paraphysis. (See Die naticrlichen Pflanzenfamilien I, i, p. 181.) 

 (Harshberger.) 



hyphae called a mycelium. From the mycelium numerous hyphae 

 project into the air and bear a green powder, the spores. These 

 hyphae are called aerial hypha. Other hyphae grow down into the 

 substratum and are called submerged hypha. 



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