TIIAl.l.Ol'lIYTES: KlNlH 



'2'.)l 



111 certain conditions, however, these slimj^ l)o(lies come 

 to rest and organize most elaborate and often very bean- 

 tilul sjiorangia, fnll of spores (Fig- 207). These varied 

 and easily preserved sporangia are used to classify tlie 



Fig. 2(h. Tlirt-^' cnnmi(H) slitiir tnoiilfls lMyx"niv('rt('si (ni ilcc;i\iii'_' wriod ; \n llie 

 left above, groups of the sessile s|iiir;nit:i:i tA' Ti'irhhi : to (lie rii:ht above. ;i L^roiip 

 of the stalked sporangia of stmiiin'ttis. \\ith remnanr of old ])lasni(-.dinin at base ; 

 below, trronjis of sporangia ^y}: Iliiniarctjthr, with a plasniodinTn mass at njiinT 

 left hand. — Golubkugek. 



forms. Slime-monlds, or " slime-funp;i,"' therefore, seem 

 to hiive animal-like l:)odies which produce ]ilant-lil\e spo- 

 rangia. 



19o. Bacteria. — These are the " Fission-Fungi," or Schizo- 

 mycetes, and are poptihirly known as ''bacteria," "bacilli." 

 "microbes," "germs," etc. Tliey are so important and pe- 

 culiar in their life habits thtit their study has developed a 

 special branch of botany, known as " Bacteriology." In 

 many ways they resemlile the Cyanopdiycese, or " Fission- 

 Algse," so closely that they are often associated -with them 

 in classification (see § 16.2). 



