MUSHROOMS 



up in clusters or circles, especially in damp weather, or 

 after a heavy rain. Even the garden is not free from 

 them, and they are often found in damp cellars and 

 mines. Sawdust is 

 also a favorite place 

 for fungi to grow. 



It is not their 

 coloring alone that 

 makes mushrooms 

 so pretty. They are 

 found in all sorts of 

 odd shapes, as um- 

 brellas, balls, nests, 

 cups, clubs, hoofs, 

 shells, and hemi- 

 spheres. The picture 

 shows you some of 

 these. But there 

 are other forms that 

 are less pleasing. 

 The mildew on linen 

 the mold on bread, 

 the rust and smut 

 that spoil grain and 

 corn, are forms of fungi which we do not like. 



The mushrooms found in the woods and fields feed 

 upon decaying wood and leaves. They must have food 

 on which to grow, just as we must have food to make 



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Mushrooms Showing Difference in Shape of 

 Caps. 1, Stipe or Stem; 2, Cap. 



