Genus Lenzites 



Polyporus circinatus 



Po/vporus circinatus has a double cap, one cap within 

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

 and of a rusty-yellow colour. The lower cap, with the adjoin- 

 ing stem, is woody and corky, but the upper cap is pliable and 

 covered with a soft wool. 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 pini 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 Lenzites betulina has a somewhat corky, leathery cap, 

 firm, and without zones, 

 woolly and pale; the mar- 

 gin of uniform colour; the 

 lamella; radial, somewhat 

 branching, and coming to- 

 gether again. Sordid white. J 

 This fungus, in the form of BK? 

 brackets, is found espe- ^^S 

 daily on birch trees, but it 

 is also found on various 

 other kinds. It is a wide- 

 spread species, and is quite 

 variable. The lamella; are at first thick, corky, and sordid 

 white; then thinner, with acute edges. 



Clr-cl-na'-tus Pl'-nl Cln'-na-ba-ri'-nS Sii-a-ve'-cUens Len-zi'-tes BSt-u-H'-na 

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Under surface of L. betulina 



