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Fungi of Saskatchewan
Picture of Aminita muscaria
 
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Mushrooms with pores, fleshy and not perennial – family Boletaceae.

Superficial resemblance to gilled mushrooms, but with spore-bearing surface (hymenium) arranged on fine or coarse pores, sometimes in loose radial rows (boletoid arrangement). Cross References Cross References: A562-95; Ar488-545; L239-48, 255; M241-72




54a (1B) Cap and stalk conspicuously covered with coarse, dry black/brown scales; spores umber brown to blackish brown. Pores angular. Wooly ring(s) on the stalk. Flesh bruising reddish, then black - Strobilomyces
 
    Cross References Cross References:  
      A580-1; Ar543; Ba159; L240; M242; Mc112-3; P244  
 
54b (1B) If cap and stem have scales, then spores not brown/black 55