That is, the force which causes the stems of the higher plants to grow upward also regulates the position of the cap of the Pileated fungi.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
There is our rare acquaintance the logcock, or Pileated woodpecker, a bird nearly as large as the ivory-billed, one of the most persistent of our tree-climbers and more than any other woodpecker I ever observed given to scratching rapidly round and round a tree-trunk, clinging at ease in almost any position except head-downward, and drilling incessantly and at all seasons for grubs; he is a typical woodpecker of the largest size, but his hind toe and claw are, if anything, a trifle shorter than his middle toe with its claw.
"The Woodpeckers"
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
This red cap gives the bird the name of Pileated.
"The Woodpeckers"
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm