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jack-o'-lantern, common name for the mushroom mushroom, type of basidium fungus characterized by spore-bearing gills on the underside of the umbrella- or cone-shaped cap. The name toadstool is popularly reserved for inedible or poisonous mushrooms, but this classification has no scientific basis. ..... Click the link for more information. species Clitocybe illudens. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The children (five in all) return in sweaters for the harvest, and one adult now appears to help with the literal fruits of their labors, turning the pumpkins into pies, cookies, and jack-o'-lanterns. Storefronts and streets lined with jack-o'-lanterns are only the beginning: more than a mile of wooden scaffolding supports tens of 1000s of specimens in four 40-foot towers. Ninety-nine percent of the crop in this country is snatched up for decorations and jack-o'-lanterns, adds Stovel. |
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