Weir: Altitudinal Range of Forest Fungi 11 



Table I. — Showing the Highest Elevation at Which Some Common Forest 

 Fungi have been Found, Giving Host, Mountain Range, and Peak where 

 Observation was Made 



(Region between 44 0 and 49 0 latitude and 109 0 and 124 0 longitude) 









1 Elevation 



Name of fungus 



Host 



Mountain range and peak 



1 



Feet 



Me- 









ters 



Armillaria mellea 



Abies lasiocarpa 



Selkirks; Mt. Casey 



6735 







2052 



(Vahl.) Quel. 











Calyptospora colum- 



Vaccinium micro- 



Selkirks; Smith Peak 



5050 



1722 



naris (A. & S.) Kuhn. 



phyllum 









Chlorosplenium aerug- 



Fallen twigs 



Selkirks; Mt. Casey 



6735 



2052 



inosum Fr. 











Corticium lividum 



Picea engelmanni 



" 



6735 



2052 



Pers. 











Corticium laetum 



Alnus tenuifolia 



" 



6735 



2052 



Karst. 











Corticium corruge 



Abies lasiocarpa 



St. Joe Mts.; Marble 



6580 



2005 



Burt. 





Mt. 







Coleosporium solida- 



Aster cusickii 



Blue Mts.; Huckle- 



491 1 



1496 



ginis (Schw.) Thum. 





berry Mt. 







Coniophora arida Fr. 



Picea engelmanni 



Selkirks; Smith Peak 



6000 



1828 



Cronartium comandrae 



Comandra pallida 



Bitter Root Mts.; Mt. 



5801 



1768 



Pk. 





Sentinel 







Cytospora translucens 



Salix sp. 



Selkirks; Smith Peak 



7650 



2331 



Sacc. 











Dacryomyces aurantia 



Pseudotsuga taxifolia 



" 



4650 



1417 



Schw. 











Daedalea unicolor Bull. 



Alnus tenuifolia 



" 



4650 



1417 



Daldinia concentrica 



Alnus tenuifolia 





4650 



1417 



Bolt. 











Diatrype bullata 







7650 



2331 



(Hoff.) Fr. 











Echinodontium 



Abies lasiocarpa 



Cascades; Mt. Baker 



7500 



2286 



tinctorium E. & E. 











Echinodontium 



" 



Selkirks; Smith Peak 



7450 



2270 



tinctorium E. & E. 











Echinodontium 



Abies concolor 



Blue Mts.; Huckle- 



5000 



1524 



tinctorium E. & E. 





berry Mt. 







Echinodontium 



Abies grandis 



Cabinet; Scotchman 



5250 



1600 



tinctorium E. & E. 





Peak 







Exidia glandulosa Bull. 



Salix sp. 



Selkirks; Smith Peak 



4200 



1280 



Exobasidium vaccinii 



Vaccinium mem- 



Selkirks; Bald Mt. 



4000 



1219 



(Fckl.) Wor. 



branaceum 









Exobasidium vaccinii 



Vaccinium micro- 



Selkirks; Smith Peak 



7650 



2331 



(Fckl.) Wor. 



phyllum 









Fomes annosus Fr. 



Pinus albicaulis 





7420 



2260 



Fomes igniarius Lin. 



Alnus tenuifolia 





7420 



2260 



Fomes officinalis Fr. 



Pseudotsuga taxifolia 



Selkirks; Mt. Casey 



6735 



2052 



Fomes pini Brot. 



Pinus albicaulis 





6735 



2052 







Cascades; Mt. Baker 



7500 



2286 





Pinus contorta 



Selkirks; Mt. Casey 



6735 



2052 





Abies lasiocarpa 



Continental Divide; 

 Mudd Creek 



7250 



2209 



Fomes pinicola Swartz 



Pinus albicaulis 



Selkirks; Mt. Casey 



6735 



2052 







Cascades; Mt. Baker 



7600 



2316 





Pinus flexilis 



Continental Divide; 

 Mt. Haggin 



8500 



2590 



