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MUSHROOMS. EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



stuck on the stem like barn- 

 acles on a stick. Contrary to 

 most mushrooms the upper 

 surface of the cap and the 

 stem are of nearly the same 

 color, the stem being - usually 

 of a more brilliant red. The 

 stem has a distinct root ex- 

 tending into the ground sev- 

 eral inches. The whole plant 

 is almost indescribably ir- 

 reglar. It is quite an attract- 

 ive plant when seen growing 

 among the weeds and beside 

 stumps. The plants in Figure 

 332 I found growing among 

 Datura stramonium beside old 

 I have found the same species growing on oak stumps. It 



It is found 



Figure 332. Polyporus lucidus. One-third natural size. 



stumps in a pasture 



is known as Ganoderma Curtisii, Berk., G. pseudoboletus, Merrill. 



from August till late fall. 



Polyporus obliquus. Pers. 



Obliquus means slanting, ob- 

 lique. This species is widely cir- 

 cumfused, usually hard, quite 

 thick, uneven, pallid, elegant choc- 

 olate-brown, then blackish ; con- 

 versely encircled crested border. 



The pores are long, very minute, 

 obtuse, slightly angular. It grows 

 on dead branches of iron-wood and 

 wild cherry. The deep chocolate- 

 brown and the oblique form of its 

 pores will serve to identify the 

 species. 



It grows, with us, in the spring. 

 I gathered this specimen in June. 

 In the fall I visited the same trunk, 

 but found they had begun to de- 

 cay. It is sometimes called Poria 

 obliqua. 



FlGtnjtS 33.?- PolyportU obliquus. Two-thirds natural size. 



