Some: Colorado Mushrooms 
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Morels occur in this country, only one has been found in Colorado 
by the author. 
The hymenium in the Morels covers the sides of wrinkles or 
variously branched ridges upon the surface of the pileus or cap and 
the spores are discharged into the air by the breaking open at the 
tips of the cells which contain them. 
The Common Morel (Morchella Esculento ). 
This is the most familiar mushroom to many persons who 
often call it the “sponge mushroom" from the resemblance of its 
pileus or cap to a small sponge. It grows in small groups or scat- 
No. 9. The Stinkhorn fungus. A cluster of three eggs and two ma¬ 
ture specimens. This is the only fungus liable to be mistaken for the 
Morel. It is readily distinguished, however, by its powerful carrion-like 
odor when mature. 
tered individuals especially on the grassy land and among the cot¬ 
tonwoods. which border our streams and the lover of mushrooms 
