. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Flowerless-Plant Study 719 When they grow unhindered and while they are young, they are very per- fectly saucer-shaped and range from the size of a pea to an inch or two across. But the larger they are the more likely are they to be distorted, either by environment or by the bulging of rapid growth. The under side of the saucer is beautifully fleshlike in color and feeling and is attached at. Scarlet saucer. the middle to the stick. The inside of the saucer is the most exquisite scarl
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Flowerless-Plant Study 719 When they grow unhindered and while they are young, they are very per- fectly saucer-shaped and range from the size of a pea to an inch or two across. But the larger they are the more likely are they to be distorted, either by environment or by the bulging of rapid growth. The under side of the saucer is beautifully fleshlike in color and feeling and is attached at. Scarlet saucer. the middle to the stick. The inside of the saucer is the most exquisite scarlet shading to crimson. This crimson lining bears the spores in little sacs all over its surface. Observaiions—i. Where did you find the fungus? 2. What is the shape of the saucer? How large is it? Is it regular and beautiful or irregular and distorted? 3. What is the color inside? 4. What is the color outside? 5. Turn the one you bring in bottom side up—that is, scarlet side down—on a piece of white paper, and see whether you can get a spore harvest. LESSON CLXXXIV The Morels In May or June in open, damp places, as orchards or the moist fence corners of meadows, the morels may be found. This mushroom family contains no member that is poisonous, and the members are very unlike any other family in appearance. They are very pretty with their creamy white, thick, swollen stems and a cap more or less conical, made up of the deep-celled meshes of an unequal network. The outside edges of the network are yellowish or brownish when the morel is young and edible, but later turn dark as the spores develop. In some species the stems are comparatively smooth and in others their surface is more or less wrinkled. The spores are borne in the depressions of the network. These mushrooms should not be eaten after the cells change from creamy white to brownish. Observations—i. Where did you find the morels? 2. Describe the stem. Is it solid or hollow? Is it smooth or rough ? 3. What is the
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