154 Wild Flowers East of the Rockies 



black; margin very thin, fringed with coarse hairs. 



Flesh. — First pliant, later tough, hard and dry, 

 thin, brownish. 



Tubes. — Growing very close to stem, minute, reg- 

 ularly arranged, at first white then yellowish. 



Spores. — None obtained from specimen. 



Stem. — 1 to 3 inches long to 1-4 inch thick, even, 

 hairy, lighter in color than cap. 



Ring;. — None. 



Volva. — None. 



Odor. — Not noticeable 



Taste. — Woody. 



Habitat. — On dead limbs in clusters of two or 

 three found throughout the year, common all over 

 United States. 



Too tough to be edible. 



POLYPORUS SulphureuS (I r.) from the 

 Latin sulphur. 



Cap. ^8 inches or more broad, wavy, red in cen- 

 ter, yellow on margin. 



Flesh. — Yellow, firm, splitting, not growing 

 woody. 



Pores. — ]\Iinute, even, yellow, in full vigor filled 

 with sulpliur yellow milk. 



Stem. — Generally wanting, sometimes a very 

 slight one fastens the cap, shelf-like to the trunk 

 of the tree or side of the stump. 



