Diseases of cultivated plants and Diseases of cultivated plants and trees diseasesofcultiv00massuoft Year: [1910?] MERULIUS 365 Dry Rot {Merulius lacrymatis, Fries.).—The cause of this mischief is almost unknown in a wild state, although as a destroyer of worked timber it occurs practically everywhere. Fig. \\~Menilii/s lacrymans. ' Dry-rot' ; specimen, nat. size. The specific name ' lacrymans,' or weeping, was given on account of the drops of water that frequently drip from the fungus, and which it has the power of absorbing from the atmosphere. This moisture enables the fungus

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Diseases of cultivated plants and Diseases of cultivated plants and trees diseasesofcultiv00massuoft Year: [1910?] MERULIUS 365 Dry Rot {Merulius lacrymatis, Fries.).—The cause of this mischief is almost unknown in a wild state, although as a destroyer of worked timber it occurs practically everywhere. Fig. \\~Menilii/s lacrymans. ' Dry-rot' ; specimen, nat. size. The specific name ' lacrymans,' or weeping, was given on account of the drops of water that frequently drip from the fungus, and which it has the power of absorbing from the atmosphere. This moisture enables the fungus to attack

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