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beautiful plant but sparingly found with us. I found a pretty cluster at the foot 

 of a maple stump in Poke Hollow. The serrated form of the gills will attract 

 attention at once. It is found in August and September. 



Lenzites. Fr. 



Lenzites, named after Lenz, a German botanist. The pileus is corky, dimi- 

 diate, sessile. The gills are corky, firm, unequal, branched, edge obtuse. . It is 

 very common in the woods, sometimes almost covering stumps and logs. 



Lenzites betulina. 

 Fr. 



Betulina, from 

 betula, a birch. This 

 has a somewhat 

 corky, leathery cap, 

 firm and without 

 zones, woolly, ses- 

 sile, deeply grooved 

 concentrically, mar- 

 gin of the same 

 color. 



The gills are radi- 

 al, somewhat branch- 

 ing, and coming to- 

 gether again, sordid 

 white or tan-color. 



This species is 

 wide-spread and is 

 quite variable. It 

 grows in the form 

 of brackets. Figure 

 185 was photo- 

 graphed by Dr. Kel- 

 lerman. 



Figure 185. Lenzites betulina. 



