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and hose. The privilege of collecting tin- tiink-r-t'uii-i was 

 rented out and iv-ard.-d as a source of Inre-t-reveiiue. while the 

 tinder-industry \vas formerly an important ..n.- in many di-trid>. 

 where sporophoivs were more frequent and lar-er than now. 



Measures against this fungus liave already Keen con-ideivd 

 in our (ien. -ia] I 'art (? 12). 



I . . -''"'. /' : \ I . , . 



:tl">- M..II i.f tin- -]i.i|-n|ili"i.-. ', An injuiy ].i. 



1 in i.-llin..'. i.l 1 (phot 



Polyporus sulphureus (Hull.) 1 il'.riiain and. U.S. America). 



The .-|m]-()j)hoi-e> are Hal and soft, tin- upper side I'cin- lii'i-hl 

 M,iii'j.--]vd and the ln\\vr -ulphur-yfll.pw. They la~! ..nlv !M ( 

 "ii<- \car. In-nee an- -mall; they l'ivi|in-nt 1\ i.eeiir in ma- 



iie above another in tiers. After death th.-\ l..-e colour, 



liecume hl'illle, and ale ,-a-il\ del adied. ACI . ,\ i liir_; to I ' 



'It. II nil.', '/. , /-..A. inn,,,/, a. A \,i\ , . 



[Kilit 



iii >|,,, i, . in |;, 



