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MYCOLOGY 



(Fig. sO has a copious literature. Lafar cites forty workers of recent 

 date, who have studied it. The physician finds it as an occupant of 



Fig. so. — Aspergillus nidulans. A, Mycelium with conidiophores; B, branched 

 conidiophore ; C, spore chains at end of conidiophore; D, small conidiophores; E, 

 young fruit showing development of covering; F, hyphae with swollen ends; G, 

 hypha from interior of fruit-body; H, hyphae with young asci; J, developing perithe- 

 cium. {See Die naliirlichen PJlanzenfamilien I, jl, p. 302.) 



the human ear in a disease otomycosis. It is associated with the cork 

 disease which imparts a taste to bottled wine. It grows well in acid 

 substrata, as gall-nut extract, tannic acid and has a decided capacity 



