lOO Minnesota Plant Life. 



ini^ the cg\^" and making- the development of spores possible. 

 But when spores are formed they are not. as in red algae, pro- 

 duced on stalks, but in sacs, and in this peculiarity the beetle- 

 fimg-i resemble the sac-fungi. Taking all their qualities into 

 account it may safely be said that they are but distantly related 

 to the rest of the fungi and are entitled to stand in a group by 

 themselves. More than a hundred and fifty of these curious 

 beetle-fungi are known, most of them from America, and it will 

 reward ol)servers in Minnesota to search for them on the l)odies 

 of aquatic insects and of insects living in damp places. 



