. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Plowerless-Plant Study 709 LESSON CLXXIX Mushrooms Leading thought—Mushrooms are the fruiting organs of the fungi which grow in the form of threads, spreading in every direction through the food material. The dust which falls from ripe mushrooms is made up of spores which are not true seeds, but which will start a new growth of the fungus. Method—The ideal method would be to study the mushrooms in the field and forest, making an excursion for the purpose of collecting as many. Dark fo
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Plowerless-Plant Study 709 LESSON CLXXIX Mushrooms Leading thought—Mushrooms are the fruiting organs of the fungi which grow in the form of threads, spreading in every direction through the food material. The dust which falls from ripe mushrooms is made up of spores which are not true seeds, but which will start a new growth of the fungus. Method—The ideal method would be to study the mushrooms in the field and forest, making an excursion for the purpose of collecting as many. Dark form of the Amanita {A. phalloides). Com- pare with white form on page 707. Photo by George F. Atkinson. species as possible. But the lesson may be given from specimens brought into the schoolroom by pupils, care being taken to bring with them the soil, dead wood or leaves on which they were found growing. After studying one species thus, encourage the pupils to bring in as many others as possible. There are a few terms which the pupils should learn to use, and the best method of teaching them is to place the diagrams shown on pages 708, 711, 712, on the blackboard, and leave them there for a time. Since mushrooms are especially good subjects for water-color and pencil studies, it would add much to the interest of the work if each pupil, or the school as a whole, should make a portfolio of sketches of all the species found. With each drawing there should be made on a supplemen- tary sheet a spore-print of the species. White paper should be covered. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Publishing Company
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