. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. 54 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS rLI'TEUS Closely related to V o 1 v a r i a, and distingTiished from it only by the absence of the volva. In both, cap and stem separate readily and the gills are free. The last feature distinguishes P 1 u t e u s readily from E n t o 1 o m a, which resembles it. Our species are all edible. They are found for the most part on stumps or decaying wood, or in soil rich in woodv material. The name refers to the form of the cap. Key to the Species Cap large, 5-16 cm. wide, not wrinkled or furrowed P. ccrvinus Cap small, 1-5 cm. wid
. Minnesota mushrooms ... Botany; Mushrooms. 54 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS rLI'TEUS Closely related to V o 1 v a r i a, and distingTiished from it only by the absence of the volva. In both, cap and stem separate readily and the gills are free. The last feature distinguishes P 1 u t e u s readily from E n t o 1 o m a, which resembles it. Our species are all edible. They are found for the most part on stumps or decaying wood, or in soil rich in woodv material. The name refers to the form of the cap. Key to the Species Cap large, 5-16 cm. wide, not wrinkled or furrowed P. ccrvinus Cap small, 1-5 cm. wide, more or less wrinkled or fur- rowed a. Cap granular or hairy, not striate P. granularis h. Cap not granular or hairy, striate - . â P. admiralnlis. Figure ii. Pluteus cervixus Pluteus cervinus Fawn Pluteus Cap large. 5-16 cm. wide, usually some shade of brown, from grayish or yel- lowish to blackish-brown, more or less fibrous or hairy on the disk, sometimes sticky, conyex or plane; stem 7-15 cm. by Vi-X cm., brownish, smooth or black-hairy, solid; gills free, pink, broad; spores pink, rarely greenish, globoid, 7-8 >( 5-6/t. The name refers to the fawn-colored 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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