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Merulius tremellosus. Schrad. 



Tremellosus, trembling. Resupinate ; margin becoming free and more or 

 less rerlexed, usually radiately-toothed, fleshy, tremelloid, tomentose, white; 

 hymenium variously wrinkled and porus, whitish and subtranslucent-looking, 

 becoming tinged with brown in the center. The spores are cylindrical, curved, 

 about 4x1^. From one to three inches across, remaining pale when growing in 



Photo by C. G. Lloyd. 



Figure 354. Merulius tremellosus 



dark places. The margin is sometimes tinged with a rose-color, radiating when 

 it is well developed. Massee. 



This plant grows in woods on wood and is quite common in our woods both 

 the rose-colored and the translucent-brown. Captain Mcllvaine calls Merulius 

 tremellosus and M. rubellus emergency species. He says they are rather 

 tasteless, tough, slightly woody in flavor. They are found in October and 

 November. 



