PLATE 16. 



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Chaetomieae. 



Fig. 1. Chaetoiiiiuni piisilluni, E. & E. natural size on hickory 

 hoop of a barrel in a cellar. 



2. A small group somewhat enlarged. 



3. A single perithecium. 



4. An ascus. 



5. Three sjmridia. 



6. Several of the peculiarly branching hairs of the mycelium 

 surrounding the perithecia. 



