. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 494 Bulletin i68. (34) ful of the process of growth, absorption and assimilation in that wonderful unseen world of plant life. Suddenly some morning we see the shagg}', unkempt heads of our old friends again just risen from their long sleep which calls to mind Browning's verse,— " By the rose flesh mushrooms undivulged Last evening. Nay, in to-day's first dew Yon sudden coral nipple bulged, Where a freaked, fawn-colored flaky crew Of toad-stools pee
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 494 Bulletin i68. (34) ful of the process of growth, absorption and assimilation in that wonderful unseen world of plant life. Suddenly some morning we see the shagg}', unkempt heads of our old friends again just risen from their long sleep which calls to mind Browning's verse,— " By the rose flesh mushrooms undivulged Last evening. Nay, in to-day's first dew Yon sudden coral nipple bulged, Where a freaked, fawn-colored flaky crew Of toad-stools peep indulged,". 83,—'•'Shaggy-mane " (Coprinus coniatus) in lawn. A " mushroom growth," we say. It looks that way ; as if the whole thing had grown in a single night. That is because we have not searched underneath the sod and observed the long, tedious process of growth while the cords and meshes of the mycelium have increased, and extended their lines through the moist soil. If we do search there and observe we see that some- time before the shaggy heads peep forth, tiny bodies appear on the cords of mycelium ; first like a pin head in size, then as large as a pea and the size of a thimble they grow. A great deal of. 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 Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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