. Plant life, considered with special references to form and function. Plant physiology. THE FUNGUS BODY OF HYPHAL ELEMENTS. 4I fungi, profuse branching is tlie rule; in others, the branches are few. 50. Mycelium.—When branching is profuse, or when a considerable number of individuals grow near together, the filaments often become interwo\en and entangled in so com-. FiG. 49.—A single plant of IMucor Mucedo, showing the mycelium as it developed from a single spore in an infusion of dung. It bears a single erect reproductive branch rising above the fluid. Magnified 25 diam.—After Brefeld. plex
. Plant life, considered with special references to form and function. Plant physiology. THE FUNGUS BODY OF HYPHAL ELEMENTS. 4I fungi, profuse branching is tlie rule; in others, the branches are few. 50. Mycelium.—When branching is profuse, or when a considerable number of individuals grow near together, the filaments often become interwo\en and entangled in so com-. FiG. 49.—A single plant of IMucor Mucedo, showing the mycelium as it developed from a single spore in an infusion of dung. It bears a single erect reproductive branch rising above the fluid. Magnified 25 diam.—After Brefeld. plex a web that it is impossible to follow a single hypha for any distance. Such a mat of hyphae is called a mycelium, a term which is also used to designate the vegetative h)'phffi collectively, whether forming a felted mass or not (figs. 49, 50). The mycelium may be formed wholly upon the sur-. 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 Barnes, Charles Reid, 1858-1910. New York, H. Holt & company
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