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Figure 2. Pear-shaped puffballs common on decaying wood. As the spines mature, they fall off. Figure 3. Vase-shaped puffballs common in meadows. 20
THE FOOLPROOF FOUR stem is not found in all puffballs. If a definite and distinct stem runs through such a section from bottom to top, the plant is not a puffball! Puffballs can be found in open, grassy meadows and parks and among hardwood trees and brush. They occur all through the growing season but are likely to be far more abundant in the fall. Like many other kinds of mushrooms they come up in the same place year after year, and when sliced and fried in butter they have few rivals. The only simple precautions to be observed are, first, to examine the interior closely for evidence of tiny worms, which may infest the base and work up through the body of the puffball, rendering it unfit for food; and, second, to eat only those that are firm and white inside. Once the interior begins to turn yellow the puffball is not desirable for food, although by no means poisonous. Sulphur Shelf <strong>Mushrooms</strong>, or Sulphur Polypores These mushrooms (Figure 4) belong to the general group of wood-inhabiting shelf fungi. They grow on old rotten logs and on standing trees, both living and dead. Oaks are their favorite host, but they are found on a large variety of other trees as well and are common throughout the country. On fallen logs the sulphur polypore forms colorful orange and yellow rosettes of many overlapping, fan-shaped shelves. On standing trees the shelves appear one above the other, often for a distance of several feet up and down the trunk. Clumps weighing several pounds are not uncommon. The shelves extend from 4 to 10 inches outward from the point where the base is attached to the wood. In fresh specimens the upper surface is zoned with yellow and bright golden orange and the lower surface is bright yellow, but upon exposure to weather the upper surface gradually fades to a more or less uniform pale yellow. The lower surface is composed of a layer of fine pores, whence the name polypore. The sulphur polypore is to be sought in the fall wherever old decaying trees abound. The shape and color make it impossible to 21
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