94 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Fomes pinicola Pine Fomes 



Cap 13-30 cm. wide, red-brown or dark brown, rough. cork\--w-oody. without a 

 distinct crust. sw-<illcn. shelf-like ; pores small, whitish to yellowish ; s p ores rarely 

 found. The name refers to the host. 



Ciiinmon on the trunks of conifers; perennial. 



t'louKE ?>S. Fumes .m'I'i.axa lus 



Fomes fraxinophilus Ash Fomes 



Cap 5-10 cm. wide, grayish to red-brown, somewhat downv. corkv, without a 

 ;rust. more or less cracked, pale within ; pores small, round, whitish or xellowish ; 

 s p ores pale, ellipsoid. 7-9 X <-'-7fi. The name refers to the host. 



Cdnimon mi the trunks of deciduous trees, especially ash; iiereniiial. 



