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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1035 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TOADSTOOL , the popular name for See also: FUNGI (p1. of Lat. fungus, a mushroom) fungi which more or less resemble mushrooms, but are either poisonous or worthless as See also: FOOD FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed) food . End of Article: TOADSTOOL
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