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MUSHROOMS 



of the folds on its under side can be seen. The lower 

 edge of the top is a circle, but as you look at it, does 

 it look like a circle, or do its front and back edges 

 seem near together, as if the ring were flattened? 

 Draw the ring as it looks in the position in which 

 you see it. 



Composition. — Write a description of the mush- 

 room that you have been studying. Make a para- 

 graph about the appearance of the whole plant, 

 another paragraph about what you find when you 

 examine tlie top part carefully, and a third paragraph 



about the stem. 

 Choose your words 

 so that they shall 

 describe this mush- 

 room and no other. 



SUPPLEMENTARY 

 WORK 



Toadstools. — Um- 

 brella mushrooms are 

 commonly called toad- 

 stools, whether they are 

 good to eat or not. 

 Some are as large as 

 dinner plates, and oth- 

 ers are as small as peas. 

 They vary in color from 



Umbrella Mushrooms ^hite to purple and 



dark red. They grow 

 on all sorts of soil, from sand to decaying wood. Notice them 

 when you see them, and keep count of how many kinds you find. 



