. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. 140 A TEXT-BOOK OP BOTANY. Fig. 127.—Developing sporangia of Miicor. A, swollen tip of sporophore; B, wall separating sporangium from the rest of the body. by keeping a piece of moist bread in a warm room un- der a glass vessel. The sources of its food supply indicate that it is a sapro- phyte. The body of Mucor is a good illustration of the bodies of ordinary Fungi. The principal part of the body consists of colorless branching threads, either isolated or more often in- terwoven, and is called the mycelium (Fig. 125). The interweaving may


. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. 140 A TEXT-BOOK OP BOTANY. Fig. 127.—Developing sporangia of Miicor. A, swollen tip of sporophore; B, wall separating sporangium from the rest of the body. by keeping a piece of moist bread in a warm room un- der a glass vessel. The sources of its food supply indicate that it is a sapro- phyte. The body of Mucor is a good illustration of the bodies of ordinary Fungi. The principal part of the body consists of colorless branching threads, either isolated or more often in- terwoven, and is called the mycelium (Fig. 125). The interweaving may be very loose, the mycelium look- ing like a delicate cobweb; or it may be close and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton


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