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infected trees. It is a saprobe and may also be s.w. parasitic as it can be found on living as well as fallen trees. They are best when fresh and young and when the leaves are soft. L. cincinnatus, being thinner and softer in texture, is often the preferred variety for culinary purposes. Either polypore is an excellent vegetarian substitute for chicken. 017-001

« Stropharias, or winecaps, grow gregariously on wood chips and are a tasty edible (potatoes), when in the early button stage. Fresh specimens have a burgundy cap (that fades in the sun and with age), a ‘cog-wheel’ ring and white rhizomorphs at the base of the mushroom. It has a purple-black spore-print. David Aurora has speculated that this may be an alien species, a weed. In any case, it has become ubiquitous with the increased use of wood chips to suppress the growth of weeds. After the morel, it is among the first edible species to become visible in spring (and fall) urban and suburban gardens. 016-001

EDIBLE MUSHROOMS & POISONOUS LOOK-A-LIKES by Dianna Smith

Oyster mushrooms are saprobes on decaying wood. Their diet also consists of nematodes and bacteria in the wood which they kill with a toxin and then inhabit by hypha entering the mouth and digesting the nematode from the inside out. 018-001 »