Bui. 1053, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate III. 



Basidiospore Studies of Lenzites sepiaria. 

 < / 475, except La, which is X 67.) 



Pig. i. Germinating basldiospores on malt agar. Fig. La. -Extent of the growth which may 

 take place before branching begins. Fig. 2. Germinating basidiospores in distilled water. 

 Fig. if. Oidia upon ubmerged mycelium in agar. Fig. 4, Septate oidium. Figs. 5, 6, and 

 7. Aerl i mycelium almost completely broken up to oidal chains. Fni.x. Coil In aerial 

 mycelium ol older cultures. Fig. 9. .Germinating oidia. Fig. 10. Successive, stages in 

 formation of oidia and one chlamydospore Ln ubmerged mycelium in agar, with germination 

 of the chlamydospore. Fig. LI. -Stages In the germination of a single oidium. Fig. 32. 



Ln tha formation of chlamydospore In ubmerged mycelium. Fig. 13. Chlamydispores 

 orchlamydo porelike bodi( . 



