Bui. 1163, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate'V. 
Fig. I. — Sporophores of the Velvet-Top Fungus on the Butt of a 
Living Douglas Fir. 
These sporophores indicate red-brown butt-rot in the tree. ( Photographed by < "• . G. Hedgcoek.) 
Fig. 2.— Red-Brown Butt-Rot Caused by the Velvet-Top Fungus. 
Only a thin shell of sapwood remains. Trees so badly decayed are subject to windfall, 
particularly if the rot extends into the roots. (Photographed by G. G. Hedg 
