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sub -genera. The particular sub -genus in which 

 these are included is the Pleurotus, or side -foot 

 mushrooms, as they are sometimes called. 



Another earlier species with which A. osfraitiis 

 might be confounded {A. ciiosunts) has spores of a 

 rosy pinkish or lilac hue, a sufficient identification, 

 and is accounted injurious. 







THIRTY POUNDS OF VEGETARLE HEAT 



The clustering growth of the " Oyster Mushroom ' 

 frequently attains huge proportions, as will be seen 

 from the above reproduction of a photograph sent to 

 me by a correspondent. The dimensions of the mass 



