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SOME NOVA SCOTIAN AQUATIC FUNGI. — MOORE. 



and frecjuently forming a plug at the constrictions between suc- 

 cessive segments. Sporangia formed from slightly Hwollei> 

 segments, often in series. Zoospores in a single row averaging 

 about 13/A in dian:>eter, sometimes encysting within the 

 sporangium, but generally escaping and !».warming separately 

 Except in terminal sporangia the escape papilla is lateral. 



This species was of frequent occurence in the cultures made 

 appearing first in December, 1907, in a culture made from tap 

 water of the Sydney water supply. Grown on dead flies it 

 forms a thick, white, felted covering over the substratum. 



Genus Sapromyces Fritsch. 

 Sapromyces Sp. (Figs 23 and 24). A form belonging to 

 this genus appeared in a culture made from material collected 



