MOUNTAIN TREES 



moves forward decaying particles or 

 other foods are engulfed and digested 

 and the worthless undigested residue 

 left behind. Though possessing little 

 apparent organization, these queer 

 amoeba-like combinations of plants and 

 animals are capable of responding to 

 stimuli and avoid with a wonderful 

 nicety any strong light. As the slimy 

 bodies approach the final stage of their 

 HVQS they change their taste for dark- 

 ness and moisture and seek light and 

 dryness. Coming to rest on the outside 

 of some log they organize themselves 

 into numerous fructifications or spore 

 sacs of various forms. Thus this crea- 

 ture which has started its life like an 

 animal has ended its career by produc- 

 ing spores like a plant. 



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