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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Irpex tulip if era. Schw. 



Coriaceous membranaceous, effused ; hymenium inferior, at first toothed, 

 teeth springing from a porus base, somewhat coriaceous, entirely concrete with the 

 pileus, netted and connected at the base, white or whitish, turning yellowish with 

 age. 



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Figure 376. Irpex tulipiferva. 



This plant is very abundant here on fallen tulip trees. I have seen entire 

 tree tops and trunks covered with this plant. The branches after they have 

 been penetrated with the mycelial threads become very light and brittle. 



Phlebia. Fr. 



Lignatile, resupinate, hymenium soft and waxy, covered with folds or 

 wrinkles, edges entire or corrugated. 



Phlebia radiata. Fr. 



Somewhat round, then dilated, confluent, fleshy and membranaceous, reddish 

 or flesh-red, the circumference peculiarly radiately marked. The folds in rows 

 radiating from the center. 



