Flowerless plants; ferns, mushrooms, mosses, lichens, and seaweeds

INK CAPS
The stem is long and largest at the base. It is
pale brown in color and generally has a network of
pink lines. As it is apt to be tough and stringy, it
should be cut out when the plant is cooked.
These mushrooms are often dried and used for flav-
oring. They are also eaten raw with pepper and salt.
It is best to be very cautious about the use of these
plants. None that have not been pronounced safe by
good authority should ever be eaten.
In color, the boleti are crimson, green, or yellow. A
strange thing about them is the way that they change
color when cut, broken, or bruised. In some, the flesh
becomes red immediately, while others turn blue or a
bluish green.
INK CAPS
Ox some summer or autumn morning you may
find, on the lawn, a crowded mass of odd-looking mush-
rooms. A few hours later the tall stems may be stand-
ing, but the caps are broken or melted away. An inky
fluid is, perhaps, still dropping from them.
These plants are ink caps and are sometimes called
"inky toadstools." The stem is slender, smooth, and
hollow. The cap is of a gray color. The gills are broad
and lie closely packed side by side. When young they
are a creamy white, but later thev turn to a pinkish
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