. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. 34 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS Frequent in towns and cities on the trunks of living trees, especially elms, growing from injuries or knot-holes, often 20-30 feet from the ground, late summer until severe frosts. The flesh is firm, or in old specimens quite tough, but the flavor makes this one of the best of the edible species. Pleurotus ostreatus Oyster Cap C a p large, 7-24 cm. wide, white, gray or tan, smooth or more or less scaly in age, convex or plane, shelf- or shell-shaped, more or less lobed and torn at the margin ; s t e m short and lateral, or non
. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. 34 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS Frequent in towns and cities on the trunks of living trees, especially elms, growing from injuries or knot-holes, often 20-30 feet from the ground, late summer until severe frosts. The flesh is firm, or in old specimens quite tough, but the flavor makes this one of the best of the edible species. Pleurotus ostreatus Oyster Cap C a p large, 7-24 cm. wide, white, gray or tan, smooth or more or less scaly in age, convex or plane, shelf- or shell-shaped, more or less lobed and torn at the margin ; s t e m short and lateral, or none, white, solid, more or less hairy at base; gills long-decurrent, connected by veins on the stem, white or yellowish; spores elliptic, 8-10 X 4-5/i. The name refers to the shell- or oyster-shaped cap. Overlapping in dense clusters on stumps and trunks, spring to autumn ; some- what tough but of ex- cellent flavor. Pleurotus sapidus Shell Cap C a p large, 5-12 cm. wide, white to gray, tan or brownish, smooth, convex or flat, shell-shaped; stem short, strongly excen- tric or lateral or n(jne ; gills long-decurrent, whitish or yellowish ; spores elliptic, lilac- tinted in mass, 8-12 X 4-6;u. The name refers to the savory nature of the cap. This can be distinguished from the Oyster Cap only by the lilac tint of the spores. To the beginner, there is no important difference between them. Pleurotus petaloides Petal Cap Cap small to medium, 3-10 cm. long by 1-5 cm. wide, brownish or reddish- brown or sometimes whitish, smooth, wedge-shaped, shell-like or spatula-like; stem short, 1-2 cm. tall, whitish, more or less hairy; gills long-decurrent, white or gray, narrow and crowded, dotted with bristles or cystidia; spores elliptic, 8- 9 X '^l'-- The name refers to the shape of the cap. In clusters on stumps, on branches or roots buried in the ground, late summer and autumn ; edil)le. Pleurotus applicatus Inverted Pleurotus Cap very small, 3-7 mm. wide, gray, bluish-gray or blackish, smoot
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