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resembling pycnidia as viewed with a hand lens (fig. 14). A section through 

 these bodies examined under the microscope showed them to be compact 





Fig. 14. saprophytic development of anthracnose on surface of 



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acervuli containing a large number of setae. The conidia, present in 

 large numbers, germinated readily in a nutrient solution, and when healthy 

 plants were inoculated with them anthracnose lesions appeared. The 



