. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. PORE FUNGI 95 Fomes igniarius Punkwood Fomes Cap 8-10 cm. wide, blackish or black, more rarely dark brown, more or less hairy ami roughened, rust-bro«-n within ; pores tiny, brown; s p ores clear, glo- boid, 6-7/1. The name refers to its use as punkwood. Frequent on tree trunks; perennial. I' Cap thickish, tough-fleshy to leathery, more rarely wood)', not perennial, central- stemmed to excentric or shelf-like. Closely related to F o m e s and Polystictus, from which the woody and leathery species respectively are separated with diflicult\-
. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. PORE FUNGI 95 Fomes igniarius Punkwood Fomes Cap 8-10 cm. wide, blackish or black, more rarely dark brown, more or less hairy ami roughened, rust-bro«-n within ; pores tiny, brown; s p ores clear, glo- boid, 6-7/1. The name refers to its use as punkwood. Frequent on tree trunks; perennial. I' Cap thickish, tough-fleshy to leathery, more rarely wood)', not perennial, central- stemmed to excentric or shelf-like. Closely related to F o m e s and Polystictus, from which the woody and leathery species respectively are separated with diflicult\-. <)ne of the commonest of fungus genera, found everywhere on stumps and logs. The fleshy species are all more or less edible. The name refers to the porous Figure 59. Fomes pixicol,\ Key to the Species 1. Cap with central, excentric or lateral stem a. Caps more or less single and stems distinct (1) Cap small, 2-10 cm., leathery (a) Cap) smooth or scaly; stem hairy (b) Cap ciliate or hairv at the margin; stem slight- ly scaly (2) Cap large. 10-50 cm., t(-)ugh-fleshy (a) Cap scaly, whitish to yellowish (b) Cap smooth, brownish to dark brown b. Caps densely clustered and stems united (1) Caps regular, depressed; stems distinct e\cej)t toward base P. P. bruDialis arciilariiis sqiiamosus fiicipcs P. iiinhcllatus. 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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