We
found this in the woods in the month of October, growing on dead leaves;
a pretty fungus from the violet tints.
DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME FAMILIAR MUSHROOMS WITHOUT REGARD TO COLOR.
Here follows a list of fungi that we constantly see, but which cannot be
classified by the color of the cap.
POLYPOREI, PORE-BEARING FUNGI.
+FISTULINA HEPATICA = liver.+
+The Beefsteak Fungus.+
This species grows on trees, oaks or chestnuts, in hot weather. +Cap+ is
of a dark-red color, which probably suggested the name. It is generally
2 to 6 inches broad, but often grows to an immense size. The surface is
rough, the flesh thick, viscid above, soft when young, when old tough,
covered with tenacious fibres. +Stem+ short and thick. +Pores+ at first
pallid or yellowish-pink when young; they become brownish ochraceous
when old. It is changeable in form, is sometimes sessile (without a
stem), or it has a short lateral stem.
The genus Fistulina, to which this mushroom belongs, has the under
surface of the cap covered with minute hollow pores, which are separate
from one another and stand side by side.
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