. Nature and development of plants. Botany. I50 LIFE OF A SLIME MOULD form, resembling a miniature, brownish puffball, is often seen on stumps and fallen logs (Fig. 87). Other kinds are illustrated in Fig. 88. They range in size from scarcely a pin head to nearly a foot in diameter and from spherical to cylindrical and cake-like masses. Not infrequently they are of great beauty owing to their coloration and lace-like structures. These small sacs or spor- angia (sing, sporangium) as they are commonly called, repre- sent but one stage in the life of the slime moulds. If we begin with an examinat
. Nature and development of plants. Botany. I50 LIFE OF A SLIME MOULD form, resembling a miniature, brownish puffball, is often seen on stumps and fallen logs (Fig. 87). Other kinds are illustrated in Fig. 88. They range in size from scarcely a pin head to nearly a foot in diameter and from spherical to cylindrical and cake-like masses. Not infrequently they are of great beauty owing to their coloration and lace-like structures. These small sacs or spor- angia (sing, sporangium) as they are commonly called, repre- sent but one stage in the life of the slime moulds. If we begin with an examination of the dust that floats away from these. 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 Curtis, Carlton Clarence, 1864-1945. New York, H. Holt
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