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EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS OF CANADA
Basidiomycetes — hyphae with cross walls; spores produced on a basidium
Hemibasidiomycetes — basidia produced directly on germination of a
resting spore (the rusts and smuts)
Eubasidiomycetes — basidia usually produced in a fruiting body, not
on germination of a resting spore
Tremellales — basidia septate or deeply forked ; fruiting bodies
usually more or less gelatinous
Auriculariaceae — basidia transversely septate
Tremellaceae — basidia longitudinally septate
Dacrymycetaceae — basidia deeply divided, forked
Hymenomycetales — basidia one-celled, arranged in a hymenium;
fruiting bodies fleshy to membranous to
leathery or woody
Agaricaceae — hymenium covering lamellae
Hydnaceae — hymenium covering teeth
Boletaceae — hymenium lining tubes ; fruit body soft and
fleshy
Polyporaceae — hymenium lining tubes ; fruit body tough,
corky, leathery, or woody
Clavariaceae — hymenium smooth, covering entire fruiting
body
Thelephoraceae — hymenium smooth ; fruiting body differenti-
ated into sterile and fertile surfaces
Gasteromycetales — basidia one-celled, borne in a closed fruiting
body, not arranged in a hymenium
Phallaceae — spore mass slimy, evil smeUing, at maturity
raised on a stalk-like receptacle
Lycoperdaceae — spore mass powdery, remaining enclosed by
the peridium
Nidulariaceae — fructification a cup-shaped or vase-shaped
structure containing several peridioles (hard,
egg-like bodies) within which the spores are
produced
Fungi Imperfecti — fungi lacking sporangiospores, ascospores, or basidio-
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46. Cantharellus cibarius.
48. C. clavatus.
50. C tubaeformis.
52. C. multiplex.
54. L. affinis.
spores; no sexual organs present, reproduction by vegeta-
tive spores
Figures 46-55
47. C. cinnabarinus.
49. C. floccosus.
51. C umbonatus.
53. Lactarius camphoratus.
55. L. affinis.