Mushrooms, Fungi, or Toadstools 407 



pounds and heard of one weighing forty. In color it is 

 white becoming grayish, yellowish or brown. In shape 

 nearly round with a strong root. It is found in grassy 

 places. Mcllvaine says that we can cut sHces from a 

 growing one, day after day, and, if we do not disturb the 

 root, it keeps on neither dying nor ripening for many 

 days. 



Cuplike Puflfball {Calvatia cyathiformis). Three to six 

 inches in diameter, dull pinkish or ashy brown, often 

 covered with a network of white cracks. Common on 

 open grassy places. 



i3ra/n Puffb^U 





Morels. 



To cook Puffballs: Wash clean, peel (other kinds are 

 not peeled), cut out any discolored parts, slice and fry in 

 lard or butter with seasoning. 



UNCERTAIN KINDS 



Now for the vast number of uncertain toadstools. 

 Remembering always that any harmless-looking species, 

 Hke a long-legged anaemic mushroom or like a pretty white 

 parasol, is probably deadly Amanita or Sure-death, and 

 that an odd poisonous-looking freak like a coral, a poker, a 



