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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Polyporus hcteroclitus. I'r. 

 The Bouquet Poi/vporus. Edible. 



Heteroclitus is from two Greek words; one of two and to lean, referring to 

 its habit of growth, leaning apparently upon the ground or the base of a tree or 

 stump. It is csespitose and coriaceous. The pileoli are two and a half inches 

 broad, orange and sessile, expanded on all sides from the radical tubercle, lobed, 

 villous, zoneless. 



The pores are irregularly shaped and elongated, golden yellow. Fries. 



The specimen in Figure 328 was found by Mr. Beyerly at Richmond Dale, 

 Ohio. It was over a foot in diamter and eight inches high, growing in many 

 caespitose layers, on the ground under an oak tree, from a radical tubercle. The 

 flesh was juicy and tender, breaking easily. The radical tubercle from which it 

 grew was filled with a milky juice. The flesh was somewhat lighter in color than 

 the outside pilei, which extended horizontally from the tubercle. It is a very 

 showy and attractive plant, and as Captain Mcllvaine remarks, it looks like a 

 "mammoth dahlia" in bloom. When young and tender it is good, but in age it 

 becomes rank. This plant was found July 1st. It grows in the months of June 

 and July. 



Polyporus radicatus. Schw. 



Radicatus, from the long root the plant has. 

 The pileus is fleshy, quite tough, cushion- 

 shaped, slightly depressed, pale sooty, some- 

 what downy. 



The pores are decurrent, quite large, obtuse, 

 equal, white. 



The stem is very long, often eccentric, 

 tapering downward, sometimes ventricose as 

 in Figure 329, rooting quite deep, black below. 



It is found on the ground in the woods and 

 in old clearings beside old trees and stumps. 



The blackish or brown pileus, which is more 

 or less tomentose, with a black stem more or 

 less deformed, will serve to distinguish the 

 species. Found from September to November. 



FicurE 329. Polyporus radicatus. One- 

 third natural size. 



Polyporus perplexus. Pk. 



The pileus is spongy-fleshy, fibrous, sessile, 

 commonly imbricated, and somewhat confluent, 



