. Biological lectures delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's Holl [sic]. Biology. ORGANIZATION OF BOTANICAL MUSEUMS. 197 groups of three or four by the aid of glass threads, or can be fixed on sheet mica in the manner that will shortly be explained. The Fungi give excellent opportunities for the display of selective skill. Take, for example, the Stinkhorn {Phallus hn- pudicus), or the False Puffball (Fig. 3). To show merely the spore-bearing portion and a small bit of mycelium gives a poor idea of the plant, compared with that got by bringing a large sod into the laboratory, w
. Biological lectures delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's Holl [sic]. Biology. ORGANIZATION OF BOTANICAL MUSEUMS. 197 groups of three or four by the aid of glass threads, or can be fixed on sheet mica in the manner that will shortly be explained. The Fungi give excellent opportunities for the display of selective skill. Take, for example, the Stinkhorn {Phallus hn- pudicus), or the False Puffball (Fig. 3). To show merely the spore-bearing portion and a small bit of mycelium gives a poor idea of the plant, compared with that got by bringing a large sod into the laboratory, washing the soil from the copiously-branched mycelium and laying bare the young hypogeal spore receptacles in all stages of development. But few objects are more telling than a good piece of decaying bark covered with the reticulate, golden-yellow Plasmodium of " Flowers of Tan" (Aethaliimt septiami); for whether we view the or- ganism as plant or animal, it carries an impression at all times to the student that nothing else can so well do. In alcohol it retains much of its richness of colormg. if) Preparation of objects. — By this we mean the set- ting out of certain selected specimens in a manner that will best display the points that should be emphasized. Of many such it may be said that, previous to being placed in alcohol, trimming and dissection of parts is absolutely necessary. Take, for illustration, the fine example of Corpse plant (Fig. 2) already referred to. By aid of scissors several. Fig. 3-. 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 Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass. ). Boston, Ginn & Co
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