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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



This species will frequently be found imbricated and very generally confluent. 

 Its shell-like form, its tough substance, and its thin pileus are its distinguishing 

 marks. The taste is pleasant but its substance very tough. Found from Septem- 

 ber to frost. 



Paints ntdis. Fr. 



This is a very plentiful plant about Chillicothe and is found throughout the 

 United States, although it is a rare plant in Europe. It is generally given in 

 American Mycology under the name Lentinus Lecomtei. It grows on logs and 

 stumps. The form of the plant is quite different when growing on the top of a 



Figure 179. Panus rudis. 



log or a stump, from those springing from the side. Those in the extreme left 

 of Figure 179 grew on the side of the log, while those in the center grew on the 

 top, in which case the plant has usually a funnel-shaped appearance. 



The pileus is tough, reddish or reddish-brown, depressed, sinuate, bristling 

 with tufts of hair, the margin quite >tr. mgly incurved, ca-spitose. 



The gills are narrow and crowded, decurrent, considerably paler than the cap. 



The stem is short, hairy, tawny; sometimes the stem is almost obsolete. 



There is a slight tinge of bitterness in the plant when raw, but in cooking 

 this disappears. When prepared for food it should be chopped fine and well 

 cooked. It can be dried for winter use. It is found from spring to late fall. 



