Photo by C. G. Lloyd.
Figure 180.—Panus torulosus.
Torulosus means a tuft of hair. The pileus is two to three inches broad, fleshy, then tough, coriaceous; plane, then funnel-shaped, or dimidiate; even; smooth; almost flesh color, varying to reddish-livid, sometimes violet tinted.
The gills are decurrent, rather distant, distinct behind, separate, simple, ruddy, then tan-colored.
The stem is short, stout, oblique, gray, covered with a violaceous down. The spores are 6×3µ.
The plant is variable both in form and color. Sometimes shaded very slightly with pink. It is not very common here. I found some very fine specimens growing on a log near Spider Bridge, Chillicothe.
It is edible but quite tough.