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FIG. 231. FOMES PINICOLA ON DEAD HEMLOCK. (Photograph by 

 Geo. F. Atkinson) 



also a conspicuous form. Under the conditions now necessarily 

 confronting those interested in forestry, there is no practical method 

 of control. In the woodlot these fungi will prove far less serious. 

 Fomes igniarius (L.) Gillett. This species, commonly known as 

 the false tinder fungus, occurs upon a great variety of deciduous 



