420 



THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photographs by A. G. and B. Leeper 



morels: uppkr i^igurk, Morchclla deliciosa; lower Figure, MorchcUa cornea. 



EDIBLE 



After a gentle April shower the fungus-hunter will find these delectable mushroom 

 morsels growmg m old apple and peach orchards or in recently burnt-over wooded areas. 

 Ihe plants vary m height from two to six inches (see figure, lower right, Color Plate VIL 

 and text, page 417). 



