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fruiting bodies may be found e\'er>'\vherc throui^hout the season 

 on very rotten wood. 



CONCLUSION 



These brief descriptions should not be accepted as definite 

 or conclusive in all instances. They apply to perfect and typical 

 examples, and, in the main, give the prominent, outstanding 

 characters. There is much variation in size, color, shape, stalk, 

 and internal characters within species of the Mycetozoa; and 

 between species and genera there are many intermediate forms. 

 These and the abnormal forms that often appear are inter- 

 esting subjects for critical study. 



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