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foot of the wood-pile I found a clump of Armillaria mellea fruit- 

 bodies, some of which had been broken off by a rodent. Doubtless, 



this clump had been the source of the fruit-body which the squirrel 

 had been eating. 



On October 10, 1920, at Kenora, I observed a Red Squirrel in a 

 Spruce-tree (Picea canadensis) eating the fruit-body of an agaric. 

 The squirrel was about 12 feet above my head. After watching it 

 for a short time, I frightened it, whereupon it deliberately placed 



