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21.
one frequently hears are:-
     Mushrooms that peal are edible.
     Those pink underneath are edible.
     Those with gills underneath are edible.
     Those growing out of cups are poisonous.
     Those with rings around the stem are poisonous.
     Those with "warts" on the top of the cap are poisonous.
     If a mushroom turns a silver spoon black, it is poisonous.
     All of these rules have common exceptions to them - exceptions which may well mean the death of him who swears by them. There are two mushrooms, one with a yellow stem [[note inserted]] + gills [[/note]] and the other with a white stem [[note inserted]]+ gills[[/note]] but alike in every other particular. The one is considered one of our most delicious mushrooms while the other will kill you in two hours. A poisonous mushroom moreover smells and tastes as good as an edible one.
     However, every [[?]] poisonous species is always poisonous and every edible species is always edible so if you become acquainted with a few of the common edible varieties and shun those which you know are poisonous, and above all those about which you are doubtful, you can feel perfectly safe in enjoying a delicious dish. Do not mix poisonous and edible mushrooms in one basket and then separate them for the former will contaminate the latter with dire results. Further, when once you have become acquainted with the poisonous varieties, it is your duty to the rest of mankind to stamp down every such variety you come upon.
     In the afternoon we descended the trail as far as Minnow Brook, a small creek emptying into Fourth Lake near the camp to which is has given its name. Between the railroad and the state road the trail crosses a somewhat dry swamp which at this time of the year