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8. BITTER ROT 
Figure 4 shows a part of a Brazil nut affected with bitter rot, and 
fig. 49 shows spores of the fungus, two of which have conidiophores 
attached. Neither the spores nor the mycelium was viable, and 
time prevented more than a superficial examination being made. 
The fungus is apparently a Myxosporium. 
— TEACHERS COLLEGE 
PE GIRARDEAU, Mo. 
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