. Through the year with Thoreau. ring the pure and deli-cate tints of fungi on the surface of the damp swampthere, following up along the north side of the are many very beautiful lemon-yellow onesof various forms, some shaped like buttons, somebecoming finely scalloped on the edge, some club-shaped and hollow, of the most delicate and rare butdecided tints, contrasting well with the decayingleaves about them. There are others also pure white,others a wholesome red, others brown, and someeven a light indigo-blue above and beneath andthroughout. When colors come to be taught in thes
. Through the year with Thoreau. ring the pure and deli-cate tints of fungi on the surface of the damp swampthere, following up along the north side of the are many very beautiful lemon-yellow onesof various forms, some shaped like buttons, somebecoming finely scalloped on the edge, some club-shaped and hollow, of the most delicate and rare butdecided tints, contrasting well with the decayingleaves about them. There are others also pure white,others a wholesome red, others brown, and someeven a light indigo-blue above and beneath andthroughout. When colors come to be taught in theschools, as they should be, both the prism (or therainbow) and these fungi should be used by way ofillustration, and if the pupil does not learn colors,he may learn fungi, which perhaps is better. Youalmost envy the wood frogs and toads that hop amidsuch gems, — some pure and bright enough for abreastpin. Out of every crevice between the deadleaves oozes some vehicle of color, the unspentwealth of the year. Journal, ix, 50,
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