Mushroom Growing 



CHAPTER I 



Introduction 



The word ''mushroom" is diversely em- 

 ployed. When we speak in a general way 

 of birds no impression of a particular kind 

 of bird is intended, and no one is misled; 

 but when "mushrooms" are mentioned some 

 persons get one impression and some an- 

 other. Our best usage sanctions ''mush- 

 room" as a comprehensive term applicable 

 to most if not all of the fleshy fungi, whether 

 good, bad, or indifferent with respect to 

 edible qualities. On this basis it is then 

 proper to speak of edible, inedible and poi- 

 sonous mushrooms of all types. From a 



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