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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photographs by A. G. and B. Leeper 



morels: upper figure, Morchella deliciosa; lower figure, Morchella cornea. 



EDIBLE 



After a gentle April shower the fungus-hunter will find these delectable mushroom 

 morsels growing in old apple and peach orchards or in recently burnt-over wooded areas. 

 The plants vary in height from two to six inches (see figure, lower right, Color Plate VII, 

 and text, page 417). 



