Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large genus of parasitic melanconiaceous fungi having the pale-colored conidial cushions (sporodochia) embedded in the surface of the host, and producing filiform straight or variously curved conidia.
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_cylindrosporium concentricum_; these last are destroyed by the sprinkling of air-slaked lime on the leaves.
Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop James John Howard Gregory 1868
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