TOOTH FUNGI 



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Cyclomyces greenei Circle Gill 



Cap 5-8 vm. wide, brown, downy, zoned, more (^r less streaked at the margin, 

 globose, then conxex to phme, more or less tough, fleshy; stem central, 4-6 em. by 

 ] cm., (lark brown. broaiK'r abo\c : pores gill-like, decurrent. gravish. 



( )n the uround. 



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¥lC,VRK 67. Daedalea qlerci.na 



TOOTH FUNGI HYDNACEAE 



Distinguished by teeth or spines, which take the place of gills or tubes in form- 

 ing the hymenium or s])ore surface. In form and texture, the tooth fungi resemble 

 the pore fungi very closely, ranging from fleshy central-stemmed forms to leathery 

 shelf -like or inverted ones. The fleshy forms are all more or less edible. 



KEY TO THK GEXER.V 



Teeth free to the base ; mostly fleshy plants 

 Teeth united bek)w ; inverted leathery plants 



Hydnum 

 Irpex 



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