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after which the apical cell throws out near its point, and 

 almost at right angles, two to six small branches (C"). The 



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FIG. 17. 



Botrytis Cinerea, after de Bary : a, b (natural size), Sclerotia, from which 

 at a the conidiophores, at b the apothecia (fruits with asci), are thrown out ; 

 c, 0, conidiophores (C", with conidia just ripe), springing from the 

 mycelium filament m ; C" , end of a conidiophore with the first .com- 

 mencement of formation of conidia from the ends of the branches ; k, 

 germinating conidium ( x 300) ; p, s (slightly magnified), section through 

 a sclerotium s, from which a very small apothecium (p, p) is thrown up ; 

 7i,' single ascus. with eight ripe spores ( X 300). 



