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we started. The coiispicuuub pan ut" a luiLslirouui i.s thus a 

 small fraction of the entire [)laiit — the spore-bearin<]^ orjj^an, 

 or sporophort'. 



Combine the collectino; of mnsln-ooms with ihe Held \\i»rk 

 with birds, insects, and trees in the early fall. In fact, this 

 is the most favorable part of the school year for all forms 

 except tlie morels, whose season is Ma}' or Jniic PrrscrNu 



Flo. W. Growth .stages of a musliro(^in 



A, mycelium with furmiuj; hiittons, ilrawii from Af/arici(f< cannn'sfris. The other 

 tijiures are from AnianKa phalloides (the deadly amauita) and sln)w : //. a hiittnii 

 bursting the volva (or sac) ; (J, the same in longitudinal section : ami y>, a lunsli- 

 rooni siiowing a, the pileus (or cap), h, the velum (or veil), which has torn from 

 the margin of the cap and remains as a ring around the stem. aii«l c, the remains 



of the volva, which forms a cup 



the mushrooms l-oUccKmI for winter study bv drvinLi'; cxcn 

 many of the softer ones may l)e preserved in this \\ ay it they 

 are dried in a current of hot air. 



Amanitas. Iiefore collecting' nnishrooms, li\ dearly in mind 

 the characters of the deadly <gLn\\\>=^ Amanita. 



Other varieties of fungi may interfere with digestion, l»iit to I lie 

 Anianitj^ all tleaths from toadstool ]Knsouing are traceable. Its subtile 

 alkaloid is absorbed by the system, and in most cases lies unsuspected 



