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BOTANY AND PHARMACOGNOSY. 



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

 lowing are edible; i, Common Field mushroom {Agaricus campestris) ; 3, Clavaria ftava^ 

 young plant; 6, Puffball (Lycoperdon cyathiforme); 4. Morel (Morchella esculenta); 5, 

 Chanterelle (Cantharelltts cibarius); 7, Fairy-ring Fungus (Marasmius oreades). 



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

 ■^-Adapted from Farlow. 



