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Among the Mushrooms, by
Ellen M. Dallas and Caroline A. Burgin This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners
Author: Ellen M. Dallas and Caroline A. Burgin
Release Date: May 26, 2006 [EBook #18452]
Language: English
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[Illustration (Frontispiece):
1. Craterellus cornucopioides. 2. Cortinarius armillatus. 3. Clitocybe laccata. 4. Tremellodon gelatinosum.]
AMONG THE MUSHROOMS A Guide for Beginners
by
ELLEN M. DALLAS and CAROLINE A. BURGIN
[Illustration]
Toronto / London Drexel Biddle, Publisher
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1900
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"Have you not seen in the woods on a late autumn morning a poor fungus or mushroom--a plant without any solidity, nay, that seemed nothing but a soft mush or jelly--by its constant total and inconceivably gentle pushing, manage to break its way up through the frosty ground, and actually to lift a hard crust on its head? It is the symbol of the power of kindness."
Emerson.
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