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Fig. 17. Spore Print. From Atkinson's Mushrooms Edible and Poisonous. 



expanded so as to expose the gills. Remove the stem close to the cap, 

 or umbrella-like top, that bears the gills, and place it gill-side down on 

 a sheet of paper, leaving it several hours or over night. Radiating lines 

 of spores will be thrown down on the paper — having the appearance 

 shown in the adjoining figure (17). It is best to catch spores on both 

 white paper and black or dark-colored paper; spores if they happen to 

 be white can .scarcely be seen on white iiaper. 



1!^. l)cliciuu> .\lorcl. Alur-clur-la dc-li-ci ..'-sa. Edible. From the Nina Marshall 

 -Mushroom Hook, by kindness of publishers, Doubleday, Page S: Co. 



