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Panus torulosus. Fr. 

 The Twisted Panus. Edible. 



Torulosus means a tuft of hair. The pileus is two to three inches broad, 

 fleshy, then tough, coriaceous; plane, then funnel-shaped, or dimidiate; even; 

 smooth ; almost flesh color, varying- to reddish-livid, sometimes violet tinted. 



The gills are decurrent, rather distant, distinct behind, separate, simple, ruddy, 

 then tan-colored. 



Figure 180. Panus torulosus. 



Phtoto by C. G. Lloyd. 



The stem is short, stout, oblique, gray, covered with a violaceous down. The 

 spores are 6x3^. 



The plant is variable both in form and color. Sometimes shaded very slightly 

 with pink. It is not very common here. I found some very fine specimens 

 growing on a log near Spicier Bridge, Chillicothe. 



It is edible but quite tough. 



