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SINCE 1889 a fungus hyphal layer has been known to exist in the nucellar remnants of the grains of the Darnel grass, Lolium temulentum, and to these hyphæ have been attributed the poisonous properties of the Darnel. Later investigations have shown that the fungus could be found in the growing point of developing plants, in the inflorescence, and finally in the ovular rudiments. The manner of entrance of the fungus had, however, escaped detection. Nestler (Ber. d. deutsch. bot. Gesellsch., B. xvi., 1898, p. 210) and others failed to observe the fungus in the embryo in the mature grain. The hyphæ in the growing point could not be observed before the eighth day of germination.
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FREEMAN, E. Mycoplasm. Nature 66, 7 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/066007a0
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