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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Merulius rubellus. Pk. 



Rubellus is the diminutive of ruber, reddish. The pileus grows in tufts, 

 sessile, confluent and imbricated, repand, thin, convex, soft, dimidiate, quite 

 tenacious ; tomentose, evenly red, margin mostly undulately inflexed, growing 

 pale in age. Hymenium whitish or reddish, folds much branched, forming 



Figure 353. Merulius rubellus. Natural size. 



anastomosing pores. The spores are elliptical, hyaline, minute, 4-5x2. 5-3/x.. The 

 pileus is two to three inches long and an inch and a half broad. 



It is found very frequently on decayed beech and sugar trees and I have found 

 it growing on a live oak. The specimens in Figure 353 were collected near 

 Columbus and photographed by Dr. Kellerman. It is probably the same as M. 

 incarnati, Schw. 



