34 The Decay of Ties jn Storage 



PDATE VIII 



Fig. 1. Polystictus abietinus on the side of a pine tie in 

 track. 



Fig. 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. Fomes roseus on the end of a hemlock tie in 

 track. 



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

 track. 



