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FUNGI 



which is capable of producing a new mold plant, if it falls 

 into a place where conditions are favorable for growth, — 



that is, where it has 

 plenty of food, the right 

 degree of warmth, and 

 sufficient moisture. 

 Other kinds of fungi 

 may usually be found 

 on a loaf of bread after 

 a day or two, as spores 

 of many kinds of molds 

 are floating in the air at 

 all times (Figure 376). 

 253. Other Fungi. — A common fungus is the one that 

 kills flies in the fall. At that time a dead fly is often ob- 

 served on a window or mirror, the body surrounded by 

 a whitish ring. Such a fly has been killed by fungus 

 hyphre which have filled the body. The ring is composed 



Figure 379. — Puffballs. 



Figure 380. — Puffballs. 



of spores thrown off from the ends of the hyphse which 

 have burst through thin places between the segments of 

 the fly's body. 



