. Plants; a text-book of botany. Botany. 74 PLANT STEUCTUKES 61), and the mushroom-like Boleti (Figs. 02, 63). The " ear-fungi" form gelatinous, dark-brown, shell-shaped masses, and the " coral fungi " resemble branching corals (Pig. 64). The Hydnum forms have spinous processes instead of gills (Fig. 65). The pufiballs or- ganize globular bodies (Fig. CiH), within which the spores develops, 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. OTHER THALLOPHTT
. Plants; a text-book of botany. Botany. 74 PLANT STEUCTUKES 61), and the mushroom-like Boleti (Figs. 02, 63). The " ear-fungi" form gelatinous, dark-brown, shell-shaped masses, and the " coral fungi " resemble branching corals (Pig. 64). The Hydnum forms have spinous processes instead of gills (Fig. 65). The pufiballs or- ganize globular bodies (Fig. CiH), within which the spores develops, 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. OTHER THALLOPHTTES WITHOUT CHLOEOPHYLL 51. Slime - moulds, — These-perplexing forms, named Jifi/.njiui/refi'x, do not seem to be related to any group of plants, and it is a question whether they are to be regarded as plants or animals. The working body is a mass of naked protoplasm culled a 2)]iis- moiUuin, suggesting the term "slime," and slips along like a gigantic amceba. They are common in forests, upon black soil, fallen leaves, and decaying logs, the slimy yel- low or orange masses ranging from the size of a pinhead to as large as a man's hand. They are saprophytic, and are said to engulf food as do the aiiKi'l)as. So suggestive of certain low animals is this body and food habit that slime-moulds have also been called jlfi/cc/asfKt or "fungus- ;. Fig. 66. Puffballs, in which the basidia and spores are inclosed ; edible.—After 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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