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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



FISTULIXA 



Distinguished by tlie free or separate tubes, from the preceding and the follow- 

 ing genera. It also differs from Boletus in having a lateral or verv short stem, 

 and in growing on -wood. The one common species has long been celebrateci as an 

 edible fungus. The name refers to the separate tubes. 



Fistulina hepatica Beefsteak Fungus 



Cap 8-20 cm. wide, bright red or red-brown, liver-shaped to shelf-like, more 

 or less lobed, smooth, more or less stickv when wet : flesh containing reddish 

 fibers ; stem short, lateral and almost wanting, or sometimes long and excentric ; 



Figure 5 7. Bolefinus roROStJS 



tubes pale to vellowish or pinkish; spores vellowish to jiinkish. ellijjsoid, 5- 

 T \ 3-4/.(. The name refers to the form and color of the cap. 



(Jn stumps and trunks of hardwoods, from spring to frost ; excellent in the 

 opinion of most mycophagists. 



r.DLETixrs 



Distinguished from Boletus and S t r o b i 1 o m y c e s by the ditlicultv witli 

 whi'-h the pores separate from the cap. and from P' i s t u 1 i n a by the pores being 

 firmlv united into radiating rows. In our species the stem is excentric or lateral. 

 .Ml iif the species tested are edible. The name refers to the similarity to Boletus. 



