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. G. Hedgcock.) 
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. Hedgcock.) 
