206 
PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
spores appearing like a row of beads. Each aerial hypha is com- 
posed of a vertical septate branch of the mycelium called the conidio- 
phore, branches of this, which are called secondary conidiophores, and 
chains of spores at the tips of sterigmata (cells bearing conidia) 
Fig. 86. — A, B, Lachnea scutelala. A, Habit; B, ascus with paraphysis; C, D, 
Lachnea hemisphcerica; C, habit; D, ascus with paraphysis; E, Sarcosphcera aren- 
osa habit; F, G, Sarcosphcera coronaria; F, ascus; G, habit; H, Sarcosphtzra areni- 
cola ascus with paraphysis. ( See Die nalilrlichen PJlanzenfamilien I, i, p. 181.) 
( Harshberger .) 
which are called conidia or conidios pores. The conidia form the 
loose green powder characteristic of Penicillium. 
A number of species of Penicillium are useful in the arts. Peni- 
cillium roqueforti is the principal ripening agent of Roquefort, 
