. Minnesota plant diseases. Plant diseases. Minnesota Plant Diseases. 253 name of the fungus is derived. In the young stages the fruiting bodies are somewhat soft, fleshy or cheesy and are often eaten by mushroom hunters. When older and especially under dryer conditions, they become tougher in consistency and paler in color. Very â old masses are often found to be badly worm- eaten and much of the fruiting body is reduced to a powder. The fruiting bodies do not persist from one season to another but go to pieces each year. New crops are produced Fig. -Fruiting bodies of the sulp


. Minnesota plant diseases. Plant diseases. Minnesota Plant Diseases. 253 name of the fungus is derived. In the young stages the fruiting bodies are somewhat soft, fleshy or cheesy and are often eaten by mushroom hunters. When older and especially under dryer conditions, they become tougher in consistency and paler in color. Very â old masses are often found to be badly worm- eaten and much of the fruiting body is reduced to a powder. The fruiting bodies do not persist from one season to another but go to pieces each year. New crops are produced Fig. -Fruiting bodies of the sulphur pore fungus (Polyporus sulphureus); oak stump. Original. on a dead The fungus is a common wound parasite. The wood, when attacked, becomes brownish red and dries out rapidly. Slits and cracks soon arise in the wood and these become filled with dense masses of the thickly felted mycelium. The wood in the last stages becomes brittle and the entire tree usually succumbs to the attack of the fungus. Oaks in our state appear to suffer considerably from the sulphur fungus but other deciduous trees and some of the conifers may also be Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Freeman, Edward Monroe, 1875-. Saint Paul, Minn.


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