90 



CASE No. 252. Dress made of Waloa, the cord-likf^ coinpuctrd 



140. mycelium of a Polyporus, at one time called Riiizomorpiia. 



Also waist-belt made of the same, ornamented with shells frotu 



Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. 



CASE V. Myxomycetes. — A small, but widely distributed group 



147. of organisms, remarkable for the power of voluntary movement 



during the earliest stage of their development. For this reason 



the group is considered by some authorities as belonging to the 



animal kingdom. At maturity fruits are formed closely 



resembling those present in some groups of fungi. 



FuUgo varians, Rost., popularly known as Flower of Ta 

 is not uncommon during its early stage as a bright yellow semi- 

 liquid mass, slowly creeping over heaps of dead leaves, or oit 

 tan in greenhouses. 



PjtOTOi'HVTA include the simplest known forms of plant life, 

 reproduction is effected by the breaking up of the parent 

 plants. 



No. 253. Keih-seen-me (Nostoc edule, Ag.), eaten as n 

 delicacy by the Chinese. 



