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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Figure 84. Exidia (Jlaxdulosa 

 less nutritious than most mushrooms. 



Key to the Species 



1. On wood or on leaf mold 



a. Cap white, coral-like 



b. Cap yellow or yellowish, at least not white 



(1) Cap small, 1-3 cm. wide 



(2) Cap large, 5-15 cm. wide 



(a) Cap orange-yellow, brain-like 



(b) Cap pink-yellow to purplish, with large leaf- 



like lobes 



2. On crill funsri 



Tremella fuciformis 

 Coral Tremella 



Cap 10-15 cm. widj. 

 snow white, branched into 

 stout, 2-forked, more or 

 less erect lobes, jelly-liki', 

 soft : spores clear, mor.' 

 or less ovoid. 7-9 X 5-6/x. 

 The name refers to the 

 seaweed-like branches. 



On leaf mold in 

 woods ; edible. 



Tremella lutescens 

 Buff Tremella 



Cap 1-3 cm. wide, 

 yellowish or buff, more or 



less brain-like or branch- 

 ed, jelly-like, trembling, 

 typically white to yellow 

 or orange, rarely darker. 

 Large forms common on 

 decaying trunks and 

 stumjjs, conspicuous in 

 wet weather, dry and 

 more or less shrunken 

 and horn-like at other 

 times. All known spe- 

 cies are edible, though 



T. jiicijormis 



T. lutescens 



T. mesenterica 



T. frondosa 

 T. luycetophila 



Figure 85. Tremella fuciformis 



