The stem is usually obsolete, yet in some cases it is apparent.
The spores are almost round and very small, .00006 inch in diameter. In all plants which I have found the odor is somewhat strong and the taste is pungent. It grows in the woods in September and October.
Lentinus lepideus. Fr.
The Scaly Lentinus. Edible.
Figure 182.—Lentinus lepideus.
Lepideus is from lepis, a scale.
The pileus is fleshy, compact, convex, then depressed, unequal, broken up in dark scales, flesh white, tough.
The gills are sinuate, decurrent, broad, torn, transversely striate, whitish, or with white edges, irregularly toothed.