Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.

CHAPTER I.

FORM AND CHARACTERS OF THE MUSHROOM.

=Value of Form and Characters.=--The different kinds of mushrooms vary in form. Some are quite strikingly different from others, so that no one would have difficulty in recognizing the difference in shape. For example, an umbrella-shaped mushroom like the one shown in Fig. 1 or 81 is easily distinguished from a shelving one like ...