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Fig. 4(i. I'u-lvii'-u-rus rad-i-ca'-tus. Kuot rulyporc. This is a fleshy-tough plant, 

 with a stem (ca'lled stipe) cc-ccn-lrk, that is, not attached to the center of the 

 cap. The majority of the commoner Polypores are "=helf-fungi" — not having a 

 stem, but attached directly to sides of tree trunks, stumps and logs. I-Tgs. .3!), 40, 

 41 and 43 are illustrations of such forms: they are hard leathery or woody plants. 

 The Po-lyp'-o-rus rad-i-ca'-tus has a long, tapering rootlike stem, black below. 

 Morgan says: "I find this plant, as Berkeley says, of various sizes, from the small 

 plant whicii Schweinitz describes, to five inches or more across with the stipe six 

 inches or more in length: the long, tapering stipe penetrates the earth to a depth 

 of several inches, the tip being always attached to some portion of an old root. 

 The pileus is brown or blackish." The cut, original with Prof. H. Carman, was 

 used first in r>ulletin Xo. 'J6, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station. 



