DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME FAIILIAR 



MUSHROOMS WITHOUT REGARD 



TO COLOR. 



Here follows a list of fungi that we con- 

 stantly see, but which cannot be classified by 

 the color of the cap. 



POLYPOREI, PORE-BEARING FUNGI. 



FISTULINA HEPATICA = liver. 

 The Beefsteak Fungus. 



This species grows on trees, oaks or chest- 

 nuts, in hot weather. Cap is of a dark-red 

 color, which probably suggested the name. It 

 is generally 2 to 6 inches broad, but often grows 

 to an immense size. The surface is rough, the 

 flesh thick, viscid above, soft when young, when 

 old tough, covered with tenacious fibres. Stem 

 short and thick. Pores at first pallid or yel- 

 lowish-pink when young ; they become brown- 

 ish ochraceous when old. It is changeable in 



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