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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Key to the Species 



Gills whitish; cap slightly zoned, pale 

 Gills yellowish ; cap markedly zoned, brown 



L. betulina 

 L. sepiaria 



Lenzites betulina Pale Lenzites 



Cap 3-10 cm. wide, whitish, corky, more or less densely hairy, slightly or 

 not at all zoned, but with concentric grooves, bracket-like ; stem lacking ; gills 



Figure 28. Lenzites betulina 



whitish, more or less branched and united ; spores elliptic, 4 X 2/i. The name is 

 of no definite application. 



Common on trunks and stumps the year round. 



Lenzites sepiaria Brown Lenzites 



C a p 5-8 cm. wide, brown, leathery, densely hairy and more or less roughened, 

 with color zones of brown, bracket-like; stem none; gills yellowish, more or 

 less branched and united ; spores subglobose. 5 X ■+i"- 'I'^e name refers to the 

 sepia-brown color. 



Common on trunks and stumps. 



