﻿SOME 
  WOOD-DESTROYING 
  FUNGI 
  

  

  STUDY 
  OF 
  FUNGI 
  IN 
  GENERAL 
  

  

  Fungi 
  on 
  Garden 
  Vegetables 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  ten 
  years 
  or 
  so 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  attention 
  has 
  

   been 
  given 
  to 
  those 
  low 
  forms 
  of 
  plant 
  life 
  known 
  as 
  fungi, 
  

   which 
  cause 
  diseases 
  of 
  farm 
  and 
  garden 
  crops. 
  These 
  investiga- 
  

   tions 
  have 
  made 
  us 
  familiar 
  with 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  

   enemies 
  of 
  the 
  farmer 
  and 
  horticulturist, 
  and 
  have 
  taught 
  us 
  

   how 
  in 
  many 
  instances 
  to 
  successfully 
  combat 
  them. 
  This 
  has 
  

   resulted 
  in 
  the 
  prevention 
  of 
  great 
  loss, 
  and 
  taking 
  the 
  country 
  

   over, 
  thousands 
  of 
  dollars 
  each 
  year 
  are 
  now 
  saved 
  by 
  the 
  practi- 
  

   cal 
  application 
  of 
  the 
  knowledge 
  gained 
  by 
  studies 
  of 
  the 
  fungi. 
  

  

  Fungi 
  on 
  Forest 
  Trees 
  

  

  Very 
  little 
  attention, 
  however, 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  

   those 
  forms 
  of 
  fungi 
  which 
  attack 
  forest 
  and 
  timber 
  trees, 
  

   although 
  the 
  National 
  Government 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  has 
  

   been 
  engaged 
  in 
  propagating 
  information 
  along 
  certain 
  lines 
  of 
  

   forestry 
  work, 
  and 
  in 
  an 
  endeavor 
  to 
  arouse 
  general 
  interest 
  in 
  

   the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  forests, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   establishment 
  of 
  a 
  rational 
  method 
  of 
  timber 
  cutting, 
  which 
  shall 
  

   protect 
  the 
  young 
  growth 
  and 
  provide 
  for 
  future 
  crops 
  of 
  timber. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  fungi 
  which 
  occur 
  on 
  living 
  and 
  dead 
  trees 
  in 
  

   the 
  forest 
  is 
  very 
  large, 
  and 
  the 
  damage 
  which 
  is 
  caused 
  by 
  them 
  

   in 
  producing 
  the 
  decay 
  of 
  fallen 
  timber, 
  of 
  cuttings, 
  and 
  

   especially 
  in 
  causing 
  heart 
  rot 
  of 
  many 
  valuable 
  standing 
  timber 
  

   trees 
  is 
  very 
  considerable. 
  When 
  one 
  begins 
  to 
  observe 
  these 
  

   wood 
  destroying 
  fungi 
  in 
  the 
  forest, 
  one 
  is 
  impressed 
  with 
  the 
  

   great 
  variety 
  of 
  form 
  which 
  they 
  possess, 
  indicating 
  that 
  there 
  

   are 
  many 
  species 
  or 
  kinds- 
  

  

  They 
  stand 
  out 
  as 
  brackets 
  or 
  shelves 
  from 
  the 
  trunks 
  of 
  trees, 
  

   from 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  fallen 
  logs, 
  from 
  old 
  stumps, 
  or 
  even 
  from 
  the 
  

   ground 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  growing 
  from 
  some 
  decaying 
  wood 
  in 
  the 
  

   soil, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  from 
  some 
  diseased 
  root. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  plants 
  

   are 
  fleshy 
  and 
  soft 
  in 
  consistency, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  soon 
  disappear. 
  

   Others 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  tough, 
  and 
  dry 
  up 
  considerably 
  during 
  

   dry 
  weather 
  but 
  expand 
  again 
  during 
  rains. 
  Still 
  others 
  are 
  of 
  

  

  