PARTS OF A MUSHROOM 



and puts black knots on cherry and plum trees, is of this 

 kind. 



In the third class are all the fungi which bear their 

 spores on little stalks 

 standing up in large 

 cells. This class con- 

 tains most of the 

 mushrooms that we 

 find in the woods 

 and fields. 



PARTS OF A 

 MUSHROOM 



Many mushrooms 

 look like uml)rellas. 

 The handle is the 

 stem, or stipe. The 

 open top is the cap, 

 or pileus. The cap 

 is often bright-col- 

 ored, and is from an 

 eighth of an inch to 

 sixteen inches or 

 more across. The outside may be smooth, or covered 

 with scales. Sometimes it shines like satin. 



The cap is held in place ])y the stem which grows up 

 out of the ground or out from a tree or stump. In 



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Mushrooms Hliowing Difference in Shape of 

 Caps. 1, Stipe or Stem; 2, Cap. 



