SLOW MUSHROOMS GROW. 



Unlike the flowering plants, the mushroom has 

 no root, but in place of it, the mycelium or spawn, 

 from which the young fungus springs. 



Under the top are gills, tubes or spines, that bear 

 the spores. These spores are not true seeds, as 

 they have no embryo, but falling upon the earth 

 they germinate and form the spawn. 



It is a mistake to suppose that a mushroom 

 grows in a single night. Their production takes 

 a long time. The young fungi exist beneath or 

 upon the surface of the ground in a compressed 

 compass, and when a humid night occurs, they 

 expand and rise; but although, much larger, the 

 fungus is no heavier, and its substance haa not 

 increased. 



