TOOTH FUNGI 103 



Cyclomyces greenei Circle Gill 



Cap 5-8 cm. wide, brown, downy, zoned, more or less streaked at the margin, 

 globose, then convex to plane, more or less tough, fleshy; stem central, 4-6 cm. by 

 1 cm., dark brown, broader above; pores gill-like, decurrent, grayish. 



On the ground. 



Figure 67. D.aed.^lea ijuercina 



TOOTH FUNGI HYDNACEAE 



Distinguished bv teeth or spines, which take the place of gills or tubes in form- 

 ing the hymenium or spore surface. In form and texture, the tooth fungi resemble 

 the pore fungi very closely, ranging from fleshy central-stemmed forms to leathery 

 shelf-like or in^•erted ones. The fleshy forms are all more or less edible. 



KEY TO THE GENERA 



1. Teeth free to the base ; mostly fleshy plants 



2. Teeth united below; inverted leathery plants 



