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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Stcreum hirsutum. Fr. 



Hirsutum means shaggy, hairy. The pilei are coriaceous and spreading, 

 quite hairy, imbricated, more or less zoned, quite tough, often having a greenish 

 tinge from the presence of a minute algse; naked, juiceless, yellowish, unchanged 

 when bruised or scratched. The hymenium is pale-yellow, smooth, margin entire, 

 often lobed. I find it usually on hickory logs. 



Stcreum fasciatum. Schw. 



Fasciatum means bands or fillets. 



Pileus is coriaceous, plane, villous, 

 zonate, grayish ; hymenium, smooth, 

 pale-red. Growing on decayed 

 trunks. Common in all of our 

 woods. 



Figure 383. Stereum sericeum. 



Stcreum sericeum. Schw. 



Sericeum means silky or saiinv : 

 so called from its satin lustre. The 

 plant is very small and easily over- 

 looked, usually growing in a re- 

 supinate form ; sessile, orbiculate, 

 free, papyraceous, with a bright 

 satin lustre, shining, smooth, pale- 

 grayish color. 



The plant grows on both sides of 

 small twigs as is shown in the 

 photograph. I do not find it on 

 large trunks but it is quite common 

 on branches. No one will fail 

 to recognize it from its specific 

 name. 



When I first observed it I 

 named it S. sericeum, not know- 

 ing that there was a species by 

 that name. I afterwards sent 

 it to Prof. Atkinson and was 

 surprised to find that I had cor- 

 rectly named it. 



