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or the other as you like, and many of the so-called 

 "toadstools" are not only edible, but much more 

 delicious in taste than the ones ordinarily eaten. It 

 is better, however, that any one not well acquainted 

 with them should stick to the well-known species 



Mushrooms. 

 Photographed as growing. 



when gathering them for the table, for many of 

 them do secrete a virulent poison, and it is dan- 

 gerous to experiment with them. 



Fungi grow not only in the grewsome, dank 

 woods, however, but are to be found everywhere ; 

 and the mushroom hunter must look for them in 

 every imaginable locality. Moreover, if we would 



