. Botany for high schools. Botany. Fig. 230. Plum rot (Sclerotina fructigena), showing the conidial stage (Monilia fructigena) of the fungus, on the surface of the plums, which causes the rot. Natural size. tissue of the fruit body or ascoma. A few are parasitic. One of the most injurious (Scler- otinia fructigena) causes the common brown rot of cherries, plums, peaches, and sometimes of apples also. The asexual stage (Monilia) causes the rot of the fruit. The conidia are borne in long chains. The rotted peaches and plums become dried and mummijied,^^ and many hang on the trees for a large par
. Botany for high schools. Botany. Fig. 230. Plum rot (Sclerotina fructigena), showing the conidial stage (Monilia fructigena) of the fungus, on the surface of the plums, which causes the rot. Natural size. tissue of the fruit body or ascoma. A few are parasitic. One of the most injurious (Scler- otinia fructigena) causes the common brown rot of cherries, plums, peaches, and sometimes of apples also. The asexual stage (Monilia) causes the rot of the fruit. The conidia are borne in long chains. The rotted peaches and plums become dried and mummijied,^^ and many hang on the trees for a large part of the winter and the following sum- mer. They fall to the grOUna, ana arter pass- showing how the conidia separate from each other m , . 1 ir the chains. Two conidia at the right germinating. mg another wmter, halt (After Woronin.). Fig. 231. Monilia fructigena, showing chains of conidia, also. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. New York, H. Holt and Company
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