From the April 25, 1931, issue

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.