. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. 9-' MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS FISTULIXA Distinguished by tlie free or separate tubes, from the preceding and the follow- ing genera. It also differs from Boletus in having a lateral or verv short stem, and in growing on -wood. The one common species has long been celebrateci as an edible fungus. The name refers to the separate tubes. Fistulina hepatica Beefsteak Fungus Cap 8-20 cm. wide, bright red or red-brown, liver-shaped to shelf-like, more or less lobed, smooth, more or less stickv when wet: flesh containing reddish fibers ; stem short, lateral and a
. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. 9-' MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS FISTULIXA Distinguished by tlie free or separate tubes, from the preceding and the follow- ing genera. It also differs from Boletus in having a lateral or verv short stem, and in growing on -wood. The one common species has long been celebrateci as an edible fungus. The name refers to the separate tubes. Fistulina hepatica Beefsteak Fungus Cap 8-20 cm. wide, bright red or red-brown, liver-shaped to shelf-like, more or less lobed, smooth, more or less stickv when wet: flesh containing reddish fibers ; stem short, lateral and almost wanting, or sometimes long and excentric ;. Figure 5 7. Bolefinus roROStJS tubes pale to vellowish or pinkish; spores vellowish to jiinkish. ellijjsoid, 5- T \ 3-4/.(. The name refers to the form and color of the cap. (Jn stumps and trunks of hardwoods, from spring to frost ; excellent in the opinion of most mycophagists. Distinguished from Boletus and S t r o b i 1 o m y c e s by the ditlicultv witli whi'-h the pores separate from the cap. and from P'i s t u 1 i n a by the pores being firmlv united into radiating rows. In our species the stem is excentric or lateral. .Ml iif the species tested are edible. The name refers to the similarity to 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 Clements, Frederic E. (Frederic Edward), 1874-1945; Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota
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