MUSHROOMS 



gray. AMioii the spores begin to ripen they turn black 

 and the color of the gills changes. The cap now begins 

 to expand and to turn into an inky fluid, first l)ecoming 

 dark and then melting into a black liquid. This melt- 



Ink Caps. 



ing mass forms into drops whicli fall from the margin of 

 the cap. The extreme outer surface of the gills does 

 not dissolve so freely, and the thin remnant curls up- 

 ward and rolls up on the top of the cap. 



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