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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Geaster limbatus Bordered Geaster 



Cap 2-3 cm. wide, outer -wall splitting into 6-10 lobes, with brownish faces; 

 inner wall on a short broad stalk, the mouth low-conic, in a paler circle, fringed ; 

 spores brownish, globose, rough, 3-4/.(. The name probablv refers to the circle 

 about the mouth. 



Common on the u'round in woodland ; not tested. 



^ X-IGL'RE yU. iYLOSTOJIA M-\JIMOSUM 



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Cap 1-3 cm. wide, the outer wall split into 5-8 lobes; inner wall brownish. 

 the mouth tall-conic, radiatelv furrowed ; spores darkish, globose, rough. 3-5/^. 

 The name refers to the mouth. 



Common on the ground in woodland or grassland ; not tested. 



TYLOSTOMA 



Cap more or less globose, on a distinct cylindric stem ; outer wall disappearing 



early. The mouth is round and definite in our species. Found on the ground, 



especially in sandy soil ; edibility not tested, but scarcely of importance. The name 

 refers to the cartilage-like mouth of some species. 



Tylostoma mammosum Stalk Puffball 



Cap 7-12 mm. wide, whitish to brownish, the outer wall powdery and disap- 

 pearing early, mouth round, small, raised: stem 3-10 cm. by 2-4 mm., whitish, 



