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variegated with yellowish. Flesh whitish tinged yellow, unchanged, 

 very thick. Tubes pompeian red (Ridg.) throughout; mouths red, 

 depressed around the stem, convex, 5-8 mm long, mouths sub- 

 angular, 2 to a mm, dissepiments rather thick. Stem 5-6 cm long, 

 1—2 cm thick above, tapering downward, dingy apricot yellow 

 (Ridg.), concolor within, even, glabrous, solid. Odor and taste mild. 

 Spores subfusiform — cylindrical, hyaline or faintly reddish brown 

 under microscope, 9-12 by 4 /x. On the ground under spruce trees. 

 North Elba, September 10. 



Strongly marked by the color of the tube layer which is dark red 

 throughout. 



Boletus granulatus Fr. On moss, under spruce and pine. 



Boletus scaber Fr. The specimens are referable to var. alutaceus. 

 Under balsam and spruce. 



Boletus subtomentosus Fr. On the margin of conifer woods. 



Boletus versipelles Fr. In mixed woods. 



Fomes applanatus Fr. On logs and dead trunks of deciduous 

 trees, 



Fomes carneus Nees. On spruce logs. Usually thinner and more 

 applanate than F. r o s e u s . 



Fomes connatus Fr. On dead birch wood. 



Fomes fomentarius Fr. On trunks of living and dead birch trees. 



Fomes fraxinophilus Pk. On trunk of willow. This is a very 

 unusual host, as this species is almost exclusively found on ash. The 

 yx3ung pileus was entirely whitish over the surface and had a distinct 

 fragrant odor. 



Fomes igniarius Fr. Frequent on standing beech trunks where 

 the fruit bodies become very large. We also found it on a red maple. 



Fomes nigricans Fr. On trunks of white and yellow birch where 

 it is not infrequent. Known from the preceding by its smoother 

 pileus and different shade of color ; the incrustation of the surface 

 of the pileus is very thin. 



Fomes pinicola Fr. On coniferous wood. Not frequent around 

 Newmans, where hemlock trees are lacking. 



Fomes roseus Fr. On decaying logs of pine and spruce. 



Fomes scutellatus Schw. On dead trunks and branches of alder. 



Polyporus adustus Fr. On dead wood of poplar and other decidu- 

 ous trees. 



Polyporus betulinus Fr. On birch ; found only on fallen limbs. 

 Rare in this locality. 



Polyporus benzoinus Fr. On conifer logs. 



