. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. 150 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS. BLACK FUNGI PYRENOMYCETES Three families of this order are represented by forms sufficiently large and common that the beginner should know them, although none of them are edible, with one exception. The spores are borne in sacks, which are found in flask-shaped cellars or cavities. When these are single, the fungus is too small to be seen by the beginner, but when these ca^â ities are grouped in masses, the plant may attain a considerable size, as in the following. The forms that grow on wood are usually black, but a few wh
. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. 150 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS. BLACK FUNGI PYRENOMYCETES Three families of this order are represented by forms sufficiently large and common that the beginner should know them, although none of them are edible, with one exception. The spores are borne in sacks, which are found in flask-shaped cellars or cavities. When these are single, the fungus is too small to be seen by the beginner, but when these ca^â ities are grouped in masses, the plant may attain a considerable size, as in the following. The forms that grow on wood are usually black, but a few which have become parasites on other fungi and on insect larvae are bright-colored. Figure 122. Cordyceps jiiluaris KEY TO THE GENERA On li-\'ing plants or msect larvae a. Parasitic on L a c t a r i u s b. Parasitic on insect larvae (Jn trunks, and decaying wood, rarelv on the ground a. Plant club-shaped or cvlindric b. Plant more or less hemispheric Hypomyces Cordyceps Xylaria Daldinia rage 150 150 HYPOiXYCES Hypomyces lactifluorum Cellars or perithecia imbedded thickly in the orange surface of species of L a c- t a r i u s which are so changed by the parasite that they fail to develop gills or other features; the reddish mouth of each cellar alone is visible ; spores spindle- shaped, clear, rough, 12-celled, pointed at the ends. 30-38 )< 6-8ft, The name re- fers to the host. Parasitic on species of Lactarius. the two fungi making an excellent com- bination for the mushroom epicure. COKUYCEPS Cordyceps militaris Cellars or perithecia embedded in an orange club-shaped stalked mass which arises from the body of caterpillars, often more or less buried in the soil; club. 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
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