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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Key to the Species 



1. Gills whitish; cap slightly zoned, pale L. hctulina 



2. Gills yellowish; cap markedly zoned, brown L. scpiarla 



Lenzites betulina Pale Lenzites 



Cap 3-10 cm. wide, whitish, corky, more or less densely hairy, slightlv or 

 not at all zoned, but with concentric groo\-es. bracket-like ; s t e m lacking ; gills 



Figure 28. Lenzites betulixa 



whitish, more or less branched and united ; s p ores elliptic. 4 X -/"• l"he name is 

 of no definite application. 



Common on trunks and stumps the year round. 



Lenzites sepiaria Brown Lenzites 



C a p 5-8 cm. wide, brown, leathery, densely hairv and more or less roughened, 

 with color zones of brown, bracket-like : s t e m none ; gills yellowish, more or 

 less branched and united ; spores subglobose. 5 X ^P- I'lie name refers to the 

 sepia-brown color. 



Common on trunks and stumps. 



