The fungus Polyporu8 benzoinus (Wahl.) Fr., although comparatively rare in Britain, is fairly common on the Continent, particularly in Sweden, where it attacks coniferous logs, especially Abie8 species. It produces in culture a marked aromatic odour and for this reason came under examination in our investigation of the odoriferous products formed by some of the wood-rotting fungi (Birkinshaw & Findlay, 1940; Birkinshaw, Bracken &

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Biochemistry of the Wood-rotting Fungi 3. The Production of Methyl Mercaptan by Schizophyllum commune Fr.

THE fungus Lentinus lepideus Fr. is a frequent cause of decay in worked timber, particularly in imperfectly creosoted material. It is often associated with the rotting of railway sleepers, telegraph poles and paving blocks, which it is able to attack on account of its tolerance of a comparatively high concentration of creosote. It is also an important factor in the decay of timber in mines. In culture it frequently produces well formed crystals in the medium or on the walls