. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. 2'.ii) PLANT STtiOlES 2(;i), iiiul tlie mushrdom-like lUileti (Figs. 202, 2(;3). The " eiir-fungi" t'oriu gelatininis, diirk-browii, shell-shiiped masses, and the " uoral fungi" resemhle braiieliiiig corals (Fig. 204). Tlie Hydiiuiu forms have sjjinous ])rocesses instead of gills (Fig. 265). The putfballs or- ganize globular bodies (Fig. 200), within which the s])ores develop, and are not liberated until ripe; and with them belong also the " bird's nest fungus," the " earth star," the ill-smelling " sti
. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. 2'.ii) PLANT STtiOlES 2(;i), iiiul tlie mushrdom-like lUileti (Figs. 202, 2(;3). The " eiir-fungi" t'oriu gelatininis, diirk-browii, shell-shiiped masses, and the " uoral fungi" resemhle braiieliiiig corals (Fig. 204). Tlie Hydiiuiu forms have sjjinous ])rocesses instead of gills (Fig. 265). The putfballs or- ganize globular bodies (Fig. 200), within which the s])ores develop, and are not liberated until ripe; and with them belong also the " bird's nest fungus," the " earth star," the ill-smelling " stink-horn," etc. OTHEI! TTIALLOPHYTES WITIHIUT CIILOUUPII VLL 19 2. Slime - moulds. â These jtei'plexing forms, named dfi/.rumi/cetes, do not seem to be related to any group of iihmts, and it is a. ipiestion whetlu^r tliev are to be regarded as plants or animals. The working lioily is a mass of naked pi'otojibism calK'd a. ji/as- iiuiillIIIII, suggesting the tei'iu " slinu\" and slips along like a gigantic ani(i^1>a. They are common in forests, upon black soil, fallen leaves, decaying logs, the slimy yel- low or orange masses ranging from the size of a i)inliead h) as large as a man's hand. 'I'hey are sa.])ro])b3'tic, and ai-e said to engidf food as do the ama3l)as. So suggestive ol' certain low a,ninuds is this body and food hahit that slinie-nioulds luive also Ijeen called Jfi/rrfotoi/ or " fungus- ;. lirlcsci wliicli thi' btisiilin an â cliblr. Altrr 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 and Company
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