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Large Cabbage Mushroom
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A large polyporus frondosus or cabbage mushroom, 10" high and 14" by 28" thick, weighing 36 pounds, was found growing between the porch of the house at 402 N. Murray Street and the neighboring popcorn stand.
August 17, 1931
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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