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color varied by the darker spot-like scales makes it an attractive object. 

 The stem is often pointed at the base. This is due to the narrow chink 

 or crevice from which it has grown. 



Lentinus cochleatus Fr. 



Much decayed wood or mucky ground about stumps. Common. 

 Well marked by its tufted mode of growth and furrowed stems. 



Lentinus umbilicatus Pk. 



Decaying wood and ground. Rare. Woods east of Brewster farm. 



August. Resembling the preceding species in color, but much smaller, 



with a deeply umbilicate pileus, different mode of growth and an even 



stem. r 



Lentinus ursinus Fr. 



Decaying Avood. Woods east of Brewster farm. August. 



Panus stipticus {Bull) Fr. 



Dead and decaying wood. Common. A small species generally 

 growing in tufts and easily recognized by the cinnamon colored lamellae 

 and the short stem enlarged at the top. It has an unpleasant flavor. 



Trogia crispa {Pers.) Fr. 



Decaying wood and dead shrubs. Common. Often associated with 

 Panus stipticus, and a favorite habitat of both is the dead trunks of 

 alders. 



Lenzites betulina (Z.) Fr. 



Decaying wood of deciduous trees. Common. 



Lenzites sepiaria Fr. 

 Dead and decaying wood of coniferous trees. Common. 



Lenzites vialis Pk. 



Decaying wood. Often on railroad ties and wooden bridges. Com- 

 mon. 



Lenzites heteromorpha Fr. 



Dead wood of spruce. Rare. Near Newman. September. Found 

 but once. A very variable species, three of its forms representing the 

 three genera Lenzites, Daedalea and Trametes and obliterating the arti- 

 ficial limitations assigned to them. The form found in North Elba is 



