100 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Polystictus hirsutus Hairy Polystictus 



Cap 2-10 cm. wide, uniformly of one color, white, whitish or grayish, leathery, 

 coarsely hairy, concentricallv zoned, shelf-like, imbricated ; pores white to darkish ; 

 spores elliptic, 4-5 X 2ju,. 



Common on stumps and logs. 



FAVOLrS 



Distinguished by the beautifully diamond-like radiating pores. The texture is 

 leathery or papery, and the stem lateral or absent. Closely related to Polystictus 

 and P o 1 V p o r u s. The name refers to the honey-comb appearance of the pores. 



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 Favolus canadensis Honeycomb Fungus 



C a \) 4-6 cm. wide, tawnv or pale rust-colored, scalv or smooth, fieshv, then 

 leathery, witli a yery short lateral stem or none at all ; p ores oblong-angled, or 

 honey-C(.imb-like, white, then yellowish; spores oblong, 12-7/i. The name refers 

 to the country wdiere the plant was first discoyered. 



Cduniion on twigs on the ground, especially in autumn; too tough to be of -s-alue. 



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The pores are long and narrow, often resembling gills, or in some species 

 becoming so torn in age as to appear like teeth. Resembling Poly p o r u s in form 

 and texture. f)Ut easily distinguished as a rule h\ the maze of gill-like pores. In sduit- 



