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Poly poms resinosus. 



Pileus from three to six, and frequently eight, inches long; rich-brown, vary- 

 ing from bright cinnamon to red, handsomely marked with delicate pencilings 

 radiating from the axis of growth ; the color of the pileus seems to form a binding 

 about the edge of the light-gray pore surface, which is closely punctured with 

 minute elliptical pores. 



The color of the pore surface readily changes to brown upon slight pressure. 

 The whole plant is full of a brownish juice which exudes freely upon pressure. 

 The plant is shelving and imbricated upon the side of a log, without any apparent 

 stem. 



Taken altogether the Polyporus resinosus presents one of the handsomest 



Figure 331. Polyporus resinosus. One-fourth natural size. 



specimens of fungus growth that one will be likely to find in a long day's tramp. 

 When fresh and growing it has rather a pleasant taste. 



It is found during October and November, growing on decayed logs, being 

 partial to the beech. Its abundance is equal to its beauty. 



Polyporus lucidus. Fr. 



The pileus is two to three or more inches broad, usually very irregular, 

 brownish-maroon, with a distinct double zone of duller dark-brown and tan. 

 Cap glazed especially in the center, wrinkled. 



The spore surface is a very light grayish-brown in the young plant, changing 

 to almost a tan in older ones, pores labyrinthiform. 



The stem is irregular, knotted and swollen with protuberances somewhat re- 

 sembling buds, from which develope the caps which in some cases appear as if 



