Genus Lenzites 



PolypOruS CircinatuS (See Plate Facing page 112) 



Polyporus circinatus quite often has one cap within 

 another. The caps are thick, round, without zones, velvety, and 

 of a rusty-yellow colour. The lower surfaces of the caps, with 

 the stems are woody and corky, but the upper surfaces of the 

 caps are soft and woolly. The stem is swollen and covered 

 with yellow wool. The pores are decurrent, minute, and un- 

 broken, and of a dusky grey colour. This is a handsome species, 

 especially remarkable for its double cap. The stem is an inch 

 long and almost equally thick. The cap is three to four inches 

 wide, and the flesh is uniform in colour. 



GENUS TRAMETES 



Trametes pint is brown, and grows on pines and other cone- 

 bearing trees. Trametes cinnabarina is bright red, and common 

 on birch and cherry. Trametes suaveolens is white, and grows 

 on willows. 



GENUS LENZITES 



Lenzites betulina 



The LenT^ites betulina has a somewhat corky, leathery cap, 

 firm, and without zones, 

 woolly and pale; the mar- 

 gin of uniform colour; the 

 lamellse radial, somewhat 

 branching, and coming to- 

 gether again. Sordid white. 

 This fungus, in the form of 

 brackets, is found espe- 

 cially on birch trees, but it 

 is also found on various 

 other kinds. It is a wide- 

 spread species, and is quite 

 variable. The lamellse are at first thick 

 white; then thinner, with acute edges. 



(^Ir-fl-na'-tus Pi'-nl Chi'-na-ba-r!'-nS Su-a-ve'-6-lens Len-zi'-les Bgt-Ci-Ii'-na 



s 113 



Under surface of L. betulina 



corky, and sordid 



