96 EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS. 



attention, as no sane person would collect 

 such a minute object, no larger than a 

 brace-button, for breakfast. A few large 

 species that are found growing on dead 

 trunks may be eaten, but it is always 

 advisable to be upon guard against species 

 which flourish on rotten wood, since so 

 many of them are bitter and unpleasant, 

 even if not distinctly injurious. 



