Photo by C. G. Lloyd.
Figure 178.—Panus stypticus. Two-thirds natural size. Cinnamon color.
Stypticus means astringent, styptic. The pileus is coriaceous, kidney-shaped, cinnamon-color, growing pale, cuticle breaking up into scales, margin entire or lobed, surface nearly even, sometimes zoned.
The gills are thin, crowded, connected by veins, of same color as cap, determinate, quite narrow.
The stem is lateral, quite short, swollen above, solid, compressed, pruinose, paler than the gills.
It is found very plentifully on decayed logs and stumps, and at times it is quite phosphorescent in its manifestations. It has an extremely unpleasant astringent taste. One might as well eat an Indian turnip as this species. Just a taste will betray it. Found from fall to winter.
Panus strigosus. B. & C.
The Hairy Panus. Edible.
Strigosus, covered with stiff hairs. The pileus is sometimes quite large, eccentric, covered with stiff hairs, margin thin, white.