. Farm friends and farm foes : a text-book of agricultural science . Agricultural pests; Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 2l6 FARM FRIENDS AND FARM FOES a high power of the microscope, it will be seen to consist of great numbers of very small, roundish particles. These are the spores or reproductive bodies of the mushroom, and they may be likened in their relation to the life of the fungus to the seeds of the higher plants. When these spores are produced by the toadstool out- doors, millions of them are blown away by the wind, or washed away by the rain. When one of them chances to fall upon
. Farm friends and farm foes : a text-book of agricultural science . Agricultural pests; Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 2l6 FARM FRIENDS AND FARM FOES a high power of the microscope, it will be seen to consist of great numbers of very small, roundish particles. These are the spores or reproductive bodies of the mushroom, and they may be likened in their relation to the life of the fungus to the seeds of the higher plants. When these spores are produced by the toadstool out- doors, millions of them are blown away by the wind, or washed away by the rain. When one of them chances to fall upon rich tiarth, it sends out a little tube, in much the same way that a sprouting seed sends out its germinating radi- cle. After this tube has grown between the soil particles a little way, it develops branches that push about between the decaying bits of organic matter and absorb mate- rials of growth from them. Because of this the toad- stool is called a saprophyte — a plant living upon decaying organic matter. These branches in turn send out other branches and thus form the spawn, or vegetative portion of the fungus. This is also often called the mycelium. This spawn continues to develop beneath the surface of the soil for a while, until at certain places there are special growths from each of which one or more toadstools are produced, often appearing suddenly above the surface. Each toadstool consists of a stem, above which is a wide top suggestive of an umbrella. This top bears on. Mushroom Soil washed from "spawn" and "buttons," showing ""the minute young "buttons" at- tached to the strands of mycelium. 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 Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947. Boston ; New York : D. C. Heath & Co.
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