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deciduous trees, and on conifers in some sections. The tulip-tree 
here figured bore a number of new brackets each season for 
several years, while the older ones increased in size. Within the 
trunk of the tree, the delicate branching threads of the fungus 
permeated the wood in all directions seeking food and causing 
decay. In 1912, the tree was found to be so weakened that it 
had to be cut. 
The brackets of this fungus are often collected by amateur 
artists and used for etching. The accompanying figure is from a 
specimen recently presented to the Garden by ]Mr. George E. 
Pollock. It grew near Lake Placid over one hundred years ago 
and was etched by a friend of the late James Ten Eyck to repre- 
sent a view near the latter’s camp in the Adirondacks. 
Fomes ungulatus (Schaeflf.) Sacc. 
Hoof-Shaped Fomes. Pine-Loving Fomes 
Plate 108. Lower Figure 
Pileus corky to woody, ungulate, 8-15 X 12-40 X 6-10 cm. ; 
surface glabrous, sulcate, reddish-brown to gray or black, often 
resinous ; margin at first acute to tumid, pallid, becoming yellow- 
ish or reddish-chestnut ; context woody, pallid, 0.5-1 cm. thick ; 
tubes distinctly stratified, 3-5 mm. long each season, white to 
isabelline, mouths circular, 3-5 to a mm., edges obtuse, white to 
cream-colored ; spores ovoid, smooth, hyaline, 6 fi. 
A large species widely distributed in temperate regions on 
coniferous trees, such as pine and hemlock, and found more rarely 
on certain deciduous trees growing near its usual hosts. 
New York Botanical Garden. 
