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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Figure 384. Sparassis Herbstii. 



Sparassis crispa. Fr. 



Crispus, curly. This is a beautiful rosette-like plant, growing quite large at 

 times, verv much branched, whitish, oyster-colored, or pale yellow ; branches 

 intricate, flat and leaf-like, having a spore surface on both sides. The entire plant 

 forms a large round mass with its leaf-like surface variously curled, folded, and 

 lobed, with a crest-like margin, and springing from a well-marked root, most of 

 which is buried in the ground. 



No one will have any trouble to recognize it, having once seen its photograph. 

 I found the plant quite frequently, in the woods about Bowling Green. It is not 

 simply good, but very good. 



