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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Lentinus lepideus Scaly Lentinus 



Cap medium to large, 5-12 cm. wide, tan to yellow, with darker scaly spots, 

 more or less depressed and irregular ; stem 2-3 cm., whitish, scaly, solid, often 

 irregular and excentric ; gills decurrent, sinuate at the lower end, whitish, broad 

 and crowded; spores elliptic, 7-11 X 3-5fi. The name refers to the scaly cap. 



Common on wood, especially on railway ties ; edible, especially good when young. 



Figure 27. Lextinus lepideus 



Lentinus vulpinus Bracket Lentinus 



Cap 2-14 cm. wide, tan to smoky, hairy and more or less warted, shelf-like, 

 irregular, over-lapping ; stem lacking or very short and lateral, the caps united 

 at their bases ; gills white, broad and crowded ; spores subglobose, 2-3/i. ; taste 

 pungent. The name has no obvious reference. 



On stumps and logs in the woods, simimer and autumn ; of no value. 



