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Figure 113. Cudoxia circixaxs 



MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Sl'ATIIULAEIA 



Distinguished from L e o t i a and C u- 

 donia bv the spatuladil^e eap. whicli ex- 

 tends down the two sides of the stem. Tb.e 

 name refers to the shape of the plant. 



Spathularia clavata 



C a J) 2-4 cm. tall by 1-3 cm. wide, yel- 

 low or \ello\vish. more or less fleshy, wavy at 

 the margin, the surface somewhat wrinkled, 

 the cap nuicli flattened and extending down 

 the opposite sides of the stem ; s [> o r e s clear, 

 linear, grouped. 60-70 ■ l-ou. The naiue re- 

 fers to the form. 



(_)u the ground in woods, usuallv in 

 groups ; edible. 



CUP FUNGI PEZIZACEAE 



Distinguished bv the cup-shaped or saucer-shaped caji from the preceding 

 faiuilv. with "which it agrees in ha\"ing the spores borne in sacs. The tamily is a 

 large one. but relativelv few genera have species of sufficient size to make them 

 readilv ol)ser\-ed. Most of the large forms, if not all of them, are edible, but thev are 

 scarceh" large enough to be of importaitce. 



KEY To THE GEXEKA 



1. I'up witli a distinct stem 



a. ( )n wood 



( 1 ) Cup bright-colored, red Sarcoscypha 



i2i Cup dark, dark brown to black Urnula 



b. C)n the ground 



( 1 ) .'stem stout. groo\ed Acetabula 



(2) Stem slender, not grooved 



(a) Cups usuallv se\-eral or manv from a black 



sclerotium Sclerotinia 



lb) Cups single, witliout a siderotium Macropodia 



2. O'up without a distinct stem 



a. Cup large, smooth or roughened, brown to orange Peziza 

 1>. Cup small, hairy, gray or red Lachnea 



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