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habit is called parthenogenesis, which means reproduction 

 by an egg without fertilization. 



Fig. 233. A common water mould (Saprolegnia): A, a fly from which mycelial fila- 

 ments of the parasite are growing; B, tip of a branch organized as a sporangium; 

 C, sporangium discharging hiciliate zoospores; F, oogonium with anthcridium in 

 contact, the tube having penetrated to the egg; D and E, oogonia with several 

 eggs.— A- C after Thtjret, D-F after DeBaet. 



181. Mucor. — One of the most common of the Mucors, or 

 " black moulds," forms white furry growths on damp bread, 

 preserved fruits, manure heaps, etc. It is therefore a 

 saprophyte, the coenocytic mycelium branching extensively 

 through the substratum (Fig. 234). 



