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mycelium is very injurious. I found the plant frequently about Salem, Ohio. The 

 specimens in the halftone were found near Akron, Ohio, and photographed by 

 Prof. Smith. As an esculent it almost rivals the Pleuroti. It is found from spring 

 to autumn. I found a beautiful cluster on an oak stump near Chillicothe, while 

 looking for Morels, about the last of April. 



Lent inns cochlcatus. Fr. 

 Thl Spiral-Formed Llntinus. Edible. 



Cochleatus is 

 from cochlea, a 

 snail, from re- 

 sembling i t s 

 shell. 



The pileus is 

 two to three 

 inches broad, 

 tough, flaccid, 

 irregular, de- 

 pressed, some- 

 times funnel- 

 shaped, some- 

 times lobed or 

 contorted, 

 flesh-color, be- 

 coming pale. 



The gills are 

 crowded, beau- 

 tifully serrated, 

 pinkish-white. 



The stem is 

 solid, length 

 variable, some- 

 times central, 

 frequently ec- 

 centric, often 

 lateral, smooth. 

 The spores are 

 nearly round, 



This is a 



Figure 183. Lentinus cochleatus. 



Photo by C. G. Lloyd. 



