MUSHROOMS 



that is quite different from those that we have been 



reading al)out. 

 ehii musliroonis. 

 soft and juicy. 



The Beefsteak Mushroom. 



It is not as common as the ovster and 



It is of a dark-red color, and is very 



One Avriter in describing it says that it 



looks like a Ijig red 

 tongue sticking 

 out from the tree 

 trunk. 



This fungus is 

 called the beef- 

 steak mushroom. 

 Of course we can 

 tell wh V it received 

 this name. But it 

 has other names, 

 too. Sometimes it is spoken of as the vegetable beef- 

 steak. AATiy, do you think, was it given this name? It 

 is often called the oak or chestnut tongue. This 

 is because it grows mostly on oak or chestnut trees. 

 Here it may be found in wet weather from June to 

 September. 



The l)eefsteak mushroom usually has a short stem 

 which spreads out into the broad and thick cap. "WHien 

 young the upper side of the cap is velvety and of a 

 beautiful peach color. As it grows older, it loses its 

 velvety look and becomes a deep red with darker red 

 lines extending toward the edge of the cap, as you may 

 see in the picture of it. 



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