The new international encyclopaedia . randling sporophores arising Iroiii tlie snrfactfof the host: h, a germinating spore ; r. a swarm-spore. frequently be observed attached by their pro-bosees to window panes, walls, and other sur- PHYCOMYCETES. 782 PHYLABCHXJS. ttUHH, with a lialo of yellowiBli po«di-r on thetilifnce around llicin. This powder i« made up01 »pore(t tluit liiiVL- licon tlirowri oil from tliePjuU of fimj,iil (iliiiMciilM, wliifli Jiftrr lilliiif, thehndv 111 the iiisccl have Lrowii thnjii;,h the HeL-iienlH to till exterior. 1 lie l;u-;;e eoniiiiim iiiolils(Miiioniles) lire fre
The new international encyclopaedia . randling sporophores arising Iroiii tlie snrfactfof the host: h, a germinating spore ; r. a swarm-spore. frequently be observed attached by their pro-bosees to window panes, walls, and other sur- PHYCOMYCETES. 782 PHYLABCHXJS. ttUHH, with a lialo of yellowiBli po«di-r on thetilifnce around llicin. This powder i« made up01 »pore(t tluit liiiVL- licon tlirowri oil from tliePjuU of fimj,iil (iliiiMciilM, wliifli Jiftrr lilliiif, thehndv 111 the iiisccl have Lrowii thnjii;,h the HeL-iienlH to till exterior. 1 lie l;u-;;e eoniiiiim iiiolils(Miiioniles) lire freijuently lulled liliiik moldsliieiiiise of the eoliir of the Hpore-eases (spo-riiiiKiii), iiMil to ilistinguiKh them from the greenuiiil yellow mildews. They are Hiiprophytcs,criittiiiK upon orRanic matter in ilainfi places, theImad mold (.\lueiir) lieinfj a familiar portion of the mohU (myieliiuii)eiin«isls of eonspieuoiis threads (liyplue) plainlyvisllile to the eye, wliieli grow over the suli- ;J ?^. noWKv of roTAr(ii:M tlti\ loiihltunit liitimtnnH).rruHH-Hurtloii uf k>uf i41i(iwiiig f<rowtti of inllcjifw. utratiini iiiiil when pussilile penetrate it, in alldirections. The ecimmoncHt friictilicalion is ahlack swollen head (sporangiinii) containingthnnsnnds of spores, iiiul lionie at the end of an«reet hraiieh (sporan^iopliorc). The Ierono-Hporales are an iissciiilj|a;4c of fiiniis, mostly para-sitic, and contain some fungi rcsponsililc forsiieh serious diseases us the rot of potato andthe downy mildews of graiies. (Sec jiaiagraphUtHiiinin under (jBArii and Potato.) .ollicrtrouhlcsoiiic form, sometimes placed uniong theIcninospornlcs and sometimes aiiicuig the Sapro-Icgiiialcs. is Iythiiim, tile fiiiigiis rcsponsililc forthe (himping oir (ipv.) of seedlings. The watermolds (Sapidlc;.Mriales) have lialiils widely dilVer-ent fioiii other riiycomycetes, licing acpiatic andliving on dead insects, lish, anil fiiigs, and some-times on ti
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