The Student's Cyclopedia Volume II C.B Beach, M.A. (C.B. Beach & Company, New York and Chicago)II:849

“The name of several classes of fungi. The best known is the common mushroom. It has a fleshy head, smooth or scaly on the upper surface, varying from white to tawny shades or brown. The gills on the under side of the head are at first pallid, changing slowly with the plant’s growth to pink, purple and brown-black.” — Beach, 1900

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