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Fomes fraxinophilus. Fr. 



Fraxinophilus means ash-loving; rather common in this country, but does 

 not grow in Europe. 



Figure 350. Fomes fraxinophilus. 



The pileus is between corky and woody, smooth, somewhat flattened, at first 

 zoneless ; white when young, then reddish-brown, white around the margin ; at 

 first even, then concentrically sulcate, pale within. 



