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Mother Nature is fond of color and gives us touches of 

 it everywhere. 



None of tlie coral fun<;i, or clavarias, is poisonous, 

 but some of them are so bitter or* tough as to be inifit 



for food. The flesh of some 

 is very tender. The}' often 

 grow in such large and dense 

 clusters as to make one 

 think of huge cauliflowers. 

 The time to get them is in 

 the fall. 



There is another form 

 that is sometimes called the 

 t rue coral fvmgus. Its color 

 is white. In shape it is 

 very much like the yellow 

 one seen in the picture. It 

 smells like the common 

 meadow mushroom, and has 

 a pleasant taste. This fun- 

 gus is much used in Germany, Italy, and Switzer- 

 land, where it is dried for winter use. 



Here is a picture of an odd-looking plant. It is 

 called the Little Tongue Clavaria. When 3^oung it is 

 yellow, but as it grows older it turns to a light, pink- 

 ish brown. 



Little Tongue Clavaria. 



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