The Mycologic Flora of the Miami Valley, O. foo 
coriaceous, obsoletely zonate, tomentose, pallid. Lamelle straight, 
somewhat branched, anastomosing, sordid white. 
On stumps and logs in autumn, persisting till the following spring. 
Common. Pileus 2-4 in. broad, projecting 1-2 in. Solitary or often much 
imbricated and confluent; the pileus deeply and concentrically grooved, 
clothed with dense pubescence or coarse velvety down, grayish, yellow- 
ish or brownish, sometimes with distinct colored zones, often green 
with minute Algz. lLamelle at first thick, somewhat porose, sordid; 
afterward thinner, the edge acute becoming yellowish. 
2. L. viatis, Peck.—Pileus coriaceous, sessile dimidiate, obscurely 
zonate, somewhat tomentose, brown or grayish-brown, the margin 
cinereous. Lamelle thin, abundantly anastomosing, pallid, cinereous- 
pruinose on the edge. 
Very common on railroad ties. Pileus 1-3 in. in breadth, projecting 
nearly an inch. Often much imbricated and confluent. The plants 
are commonly much blackened by the grease and dirt of the passing 
trains. I have a suspicion that this fungus is not different from 
Dedalea pallido-fulva, Berk. | 
3. L. s#piaria, Scheff.—Pileus dimidiate, sessile, coriaceous, hard, 
zonate, strigose-tomentose, rough, bright-brown; the margin yellowish. 
Lamelle rather thick, branched, anastomosing, yellowish. 
This plant which properly grows on pine wood, I have only seen on 
white poplar stumps. Pileus 1-3 in. broad, projecting nearly an 
inch. Often confluent, deeply zoned; substance coriaceous, fibrous, of 
a fine ocher or rhubarb color. Hymenium composed of brownish 
plates, tolerably regular, but here and there slightly branched. 
Notre. — Lenzites cookei, Berk., and Z. crategi, Berk., which are 
found in this region, are considered by Prof. Chas. H. Peck to be only 
forms of the Protean species Dedalea confragosa, Bolt. To this 
opinion, from my own observation, I am willing to subscribe, I have 
in my possession, of my own collecting, forms representing the three 
genera, Lenzites, Trametes, and Dedalea. 
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