The Magic Of Mushrooms
Posted on March 7th, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments »
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.
This easily distinguished from a shelving but in many cases different species vary only slightly in form, so that
it becomes a more or less difficult matter to distinguish them. In those plants (for the mushroom is a plant) where the different kinds are nearly alike in form, there are other characters than mere general form which enable one to tell them apart.
These, it is true, require close observation on our part, as well as some experience in judging of the value of such characters; the same habit of observation and discrimination we apply to everyday affairs and to all departments of knowledge.
But so few people give their attention to the discrimination of these plants that few know the value of their characters, or can even recognize them.
It is by a study of these especial characters of form peculiar to the mushrooms that one acquires the power of discrimination among the different kinds. For this reason one should become familiar with the parts of the mushroom, as well as those characters and markings peculiar to them which have been found to stamp them specifically.