SCLEROTIUM ROLFSII SACC. IN PERFECT STAGE VII. GERMINATION OF BASIDIOSPORES

Abstract

In nature Sclerotium Rolfsii attacks the hosts usually at their foot. In a case was observed by the author a Hibiscus plant attacked at about a meter above the ground. By what means the pathogene reached at that height is still unknown. It may be possible that the infection has been caused by basidiospores transported by flow of air. It is therefore interesting to know the relation of germination of basidiospores.