PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 



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Boletus gracilis Pk. 



Woods. Indian pass trail. August. 



Boletus cyanescens Bull. 

 Woods and banks. Common. August. 



Polyporus Schweinitzii Fr. 



Woods and groves about stumps of pine trees. Raybrook. This 

 sometimes appears to grow from the ground, but in such cases it 

 probably starts from some buried wood or root in which the mycelium 

 develops. 



Polyporus hispidellus Pk. 



Thin woods. Very rare. Wood farm. August. Like the preceding 

 species this appears to grow from buried wood or roots. 



Polyporus picipes Fr. 



Decaying wood. Common and variable in size, shape and' color. 



Polyporus elegans {Bull.) Fr. 

 Dead or decaying wood. Variable. The stem may be long or short, 

 central, eccentric or lateral. The pileus varies from half an inch to two 

 inches or more in diameter. 



Polyporus Anax Berk. 

 Mossy ground in thin woods. Near Newman. September. 



Polyporus sulphureus {Bull.) Fr. 



Sulphury polyporus 



Decaying wood. Near Averyville. July. A beautiful species easily 

 recognized by its orange colored pileus and bright sulphur yellow pores. 

 When young and tender it is edible. 



Polyporus guttulatus Pk. 



Decaying wood of coniferous trees. Indian pass trail. 



Polyporus chioneus Fr. 



Dead wood and branches, specially of birch. Common. 



Polyporus adustus ( IVilld.) Fr. 

 On old stumps and dead or prostrate trunks. Very common. Easily 

 known by the dingy hue of the pileus and the black color of the pores. 



