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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



appears late, in cold weather. 



The specimens in Figure 335 

 were found in December. 



The pileus is from one to 

 three inches broad, nearly 

 plane, slightly depressed in the 

 center; somewhat fleshy and 

 tough; dingy-brown, clothed 

 with minute scales, becoming 

 smooth, pallid. 



The pores are oval, slightly 

 angular, slender, acute, den- 

 ticulate, white, 5-6x2^. 



The stem is short, thin, 

 slightly bulbous at the base, 

 hirsute or squamulose, pale, 

 central. 



It usually occurs singly but 



Figure tis. Polyporus brumalis. < ,1 -n r j 



jji. yi frequently you will find sev- 



eral in a group. Found on sticks and logs, they are quite hard to detach from 

 their hosts. Too tough to eat. It equals Polyporus polyporus, (Retz) Merrill. 



Polyporus rufescens. Pr. 



The Rufescent Polyporus. 



Rufescens, becoming red. The pileus is flesh-colored, spongy, soft, unequal, 

 hairy or woolly. 



The pores are large, sinuose and torn, white or flesh-colored. 



The stem is short, irregular, tuberous at the base. Spores elliptical, 6x4-5^. 



Rather common about Chillicothe on the ground about old stumps. 



Polyporus aratlarius. Putsch. 



The pileus is dark-brown, minutely scaly, depressed in the center, margin 

 covered with stiff hairs. 



The tube surface is of a dingy cream color, openings oblong, almost diamond- 

 shaped, resembling the meshes <:' a net, the meshes being smaller on the margin. 

 shallow, simply marked out at the top of the stem. 



The stem is dark-brown, minutely scaly, mottled, with a ground work of cream- 

 color ; hollow. Common in the spring of the year on sticks and decayed wood 

 in fields or in old clearings. It is quite generally distributed. Edible but tough. 



