From the April 25, 1931, issue
By Science News
FUNGUS BEAUTIFIES SELF WITH FUR-TRIMMED EDGE
The picture on the front cover of this weeks SCIENCE NEWS LETTER looks like a fur-trimmed opera cloak for Queen Titania of the fairies, but it is nothing more romantic than a rather common small fungus, Schizophyllum commune, that feeds on dead sticks in the woods.
The furry effect is due to the splitting and shredding of the edges of the cap. The photograph, which shows the plant at several times its natural size, is the work of Cornelia Clarke.