USDA Forest Service
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service is a Federal agency that manages public lands in national forests and grasslands. The Forest Service is also the largest forestry research organization in the world, and provides technical and financial assistance to state and private forestry agencies. Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the Forest Service, summed up the purpose of the Forest Service—"to provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run." |
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| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
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| 1241532 | veiled polypore | Cryptoporus volvatus | Conk cut away to show pore layer and air space inside. |
| 1241546 | heart rot | Laricifomes officinalis | Typical quinine conk fruiting high on the stem of a tree. |
| 1241547 | heart rot | Laricifomes officinalis | Close-up of conk showing the pore layer on the underside. |
| 1241549 | indian paint fungus | Echinodontium tinctorium | Indian paint fungus decay is yellow to brown and slightly stringy in the early stages. Concentric rings of lighter and darker heartwood are seen in cross section. In late stages the decay is somewhat laminate and distinctly stringy. |
