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Fig. 21. Some common edible mushrooms and a common poisonous one. The fol- i 

 lowing are edible: i, Common Field mushroom (Agaricus campestris): 3, Clavaria fjava,'- 

 young plant; 6, Puffball (Lycoperdon cyathiforme) \ 4, Morel (MorchcUa esculcnta); 5, I 

 Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius); 7, Fairy-ring Fungus {Marasmius oreades). \ 



Only one poisonous species is shown, namely, 2, the deadly Agaric {Amanita phalloides). 

 Adapted from Farlow. 



