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208 REPRODUCTION<br />

d. VALUE IN DIAGNOSIS. Lichen spermpgonia have once and again<br />

been found of value in deciding the affinity of related plants, and though<br />

there are a number of lichens in which we have no record of their occurrence,<br />

they are so constant in others, that they cannot be ignored in any true<br />

estimation of species. Nylander laid undue stress on spermogonial characters,<br />

considering them of almost higher diagnostic value than the much more<br />

important ascosporous fruit. They are, after all, subsidiary organs, and<br />

often especially in crustaceous species they are absent, or their relation<br />

to the species under examination is doubtful.

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