COKER-WlLSON : SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES OCTOSPORUS 285 



the cells divide in vegetative reproduction they do not break away 

 all along the line, but bend back and remain attached by one cor- 

 ner. After a time they break away entirely and repeat the 

 process. Figs. I to 10 show a reproductive series of forms and 

 stages in ordinary growth and multiplication. 



Fig. i. An elongated hypha of 5. octosporus cutting off a normal cell at its tip. 



X 670. 



Even in normal vegetative growth the size of the cell varies 

 considerably, and when food begins to fail many of the cells 

 extend their growth into elongated hyphae which formed a con- 

 spicuous part of the mass. In fig. 13 is shown the beginning of 

 such a hypha. As the hypha elongates the protoplasm is usually 



