. Farm friends and farm foes : a text-book of agricultural science . Agricultural pests; Beneficial insects; Insect pests. CHAPTER XVIII Miishrooms, Toadstools, and Molds Every one is familiar with the peculiar umbrella-like plants called toadstools and mushrooms, which may be found abundantly during damp weather, especially in early autumn, in fields and woods. They differ from our common plants in that they have none of the green coloring matter called chlorophyl by means of which the higher plants carry on the processes of their life. These toadstools and mush- rooms belong to the great gro
. Farm friends and farm foes : a text-book of agricultural science . Agricultural pests; Beneficial insects; Insect pests. CHAPTER XVIII Miishrooms, Toadstools, and Molds Every one is familiar with the peculiar umbrella-like plants called toadstools and mushrooms, which may be found abundantly during damp weather, especially in early autumn, in fields and woods. They differ from our common plants in that they have none of the green coloring matter called chlorophyl by means of which the higher plants carry on the processes of their life. These toadstools and mush- rooms belong to the great group of fungi — a group which includes a large num- ber of species of plants. The fungi rank lower in the scale of life than the trees and herbs which we commonly have in mind when we speak of plants, but they serve many important purposes in the economy of nature. If you will place a well-developed toadstool of the general type of the specimen shown in the picture above in the position in which it grew, upon a piece of white paper, and leave it for a day or two, the paper will probably be covered with a fine dark powder. A similar powder will be found upon the thin plates hanging down from the upper part of the toadstool. If some of this powder be placed under 215. 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 Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947. Boston ; New York : D. C. Heath & Co.
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