34 THE DECAY OF TIES IN STORAGE 



PLATE VIII 



F)ig. ; 1. Polystictus abietinus on the side of a pine tie in 

 track. 



Fi r g. r r -2; Lentinus lepideus on the side of a rotten hem- 

 lock tie removed from track. 



Fig. 3. Polystictus pargamenus on a paper birch sapling 

 in the woods. 



Fig. 4. Femes roseus on the end of a hemlock tie in 

 " track. 



Fig. 5. Lenzites trabea on the end of a hardwood tie in 

 track. 



