Vesiculate Types

 

1. Bladders hemispherical (not constricted at attachment to body), cap of body of even thickness, size 50-80 m.

 Picea glauca, Picea mariana

1’ Bladders more than hemispherical, constricted at attachment to body,

2. Size of body 60-90 m, bladder 45-70 m, cap of body up to 5 m thick in center

Abies balsamea

2’ Size of body 40-55 m, bladder 24-40 m, cap thinner (2 m) and of even thickness

3. Verrucate on body between bladders

Pinus strobus

3’ No verrucae between bladders

Pinus banksiana, Pinus resinosa