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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



rolyporus gilvus. Schw. 



Gilvus means pale-yellow or deep-reddish flesh-color. 



The pileus is corky, woody, hard, effuso-reflexed, imbricate, concrescent, 

 subtomentose, then scabrous, uneven, reddish-yellow, then subferruginous, the 

 margin acute. 



The pores are minute, round, entire, brownish-ferruginous. Morgan. 



It is very abundant throughout the state, being found on all kinds of logs 

 and stumps. 



Polystictus cinnamoncus. Jacq. 



The pileus is an inch and a half, or less, broad, coriaceous, slightly depressed 

 in the center; rather rough on the surface, but with a beautiful satiny lustre, and 

 more or less zoned ; caps often growing together, but with separate stems; shining, 



a light cinnamon-brown. 



The spores are rather 

 large, angular, torn with 

 age; cinnamon-brown, 

 growing darker in older 

 plants. 



The stem is one to 

 two inches long, equal, 

 or slightly tapering up- 

 ward, cinnamon-brown, 

 hollow or stuffed, tough, 

 frequently sending forth 

 branches from the side 

 and base of the stem. 



This is quite a beauti- 

 ful plant, growing usual- 

 ly in patches of moss. 

 The caps have quite a 

 glossy cinnamon-brown 

 surface, which will at- 

 tract the attention of any 

 one. They are very 

 small and easily over- 

 looked. Found in Aug- 

 ust and September. 



This plant is called P. 

 ,. ,, , subsericeus bv Dr. Peck. 



I' ic-.iki: 344. Polystictus cmnamoneus. 



