Somk Colorado Mushrooms 
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stage are in the form of egg-shaped bodies which begin just below 
the surface of the soil or decayed leaves where the fungus grows, 
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Each egg consists of one fungus enclosed by a membrane or coating 
which splits open as the mushroom is ready to appear above the 
