This section is from the book "The Mushroom Book", by Nina L. Marshall. Also available from Amazon: Mushroom Book.
But one American species is reported, this is small and leathery, brownish in colour, with the spore-bearing surface white. The lamellae are obtuse on their edges, and are not hairy The spores are white. This plant is common on fallen branches of the alder.
 
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