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MUSHROOMS. 



eventually changes into a putrid mass emitting a disagree- 

 able smell. The spores of the parasite are no doubt mtro- 

 duoed into the mushroom bed with the spawn or the manure. 



isz.^ . 



A New Mosuroom Disease (Hypomyees pernieiosus). 

 (From Board of Agricnlture Leaflet.) 



Remedies. — Any mushrooms which do not develop pro- 

 perly, or have swollen stems, with scarcely any caps or heads 

 to them, should be removed and burnt. In the case of a 



