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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Thelephora schweinitzii Coral Thelephora 



Cap 7-10 cm. tall, clusters 12-15 cm. wide, whitish, the stem-like base branched 

 into many small erect flattened divisions, which are much lobed and divided, the 

 hymenium and stem reddish. 



On the ground in woodlaitd or grassland. 



Thelephora laciniata Torn Thelephora 



Caps shelf -like, in clusters 4-5 cm. tall and 6-S cm. wide, dull rust-brown, 

 more or less fibrous and scaly, the margin fringed , soft-fleshv, more or less im- 

 bricated ; h V m e n i u m roughened ; s fi o r e s darkish, angled-globose or tuberculate, 

 6-9/.(. The name refers to the torn fringed margin. 



Densely clustered at the base of stems, etc., or on the wood itself. 



Figure 79. Thelephora lacini.\ta 



STEREUM 



Closely related to T h e 1 e p h o r a, and like it wideh' variable in form and tex- 

 ture. (Jur species are shelf-like, resembling the bracket pore fungi, but without the 

 pores. None of the species are edible. The name refers to the hard texture. 



Key to the Species 



1. Cap rust-brown, more or less downv .S. Trrsii-o/or 



2. Cap grayish, shaggv with hairs 5. liirsutiiin 



Stereum versicolor Zoned Stereum 



C a p slielf-like, 4-S cm. wide, dull brown or rust-brown, downv or smooth, 

 markedly zoned, the zones more or less variable in color, iirm, leathery ; h v m e n i ti m 

 ^vhitish to br()\\n. Tlie name refers to the varying color. 



K\'ervwhere on old stumps and logs. 



