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POLYPORUS luciDUs.
Lacquered Polyporus.
Class and Order CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Lim—NAi. Ord. FUNGI, Link.
G EN E R IC c h a r a c t e r .
Hymenium cum pilei suhstantia homogeneum et concretum, poris dissepimentis te-
uuibus simplicibus instructum.—Pileus subcprnosus vel suberosus, plerumque
subsessilis, substantia fibrosa sicca.
Hymenium of the same substance as the pileus, not separating from it, and
furnished with pores connected b y simple dissepiments.—Pileus sub-
carnose or corky, mostly subsessile ■ substance fibrous and dry.
S P E C IF IC CHARAC TER .
P olyporus lucidus; pileo suberoso, stijnteque glabris, nitentibus, poris minutis,
rotundis, pallidis.—F rie s .
P. pileus corky, and, as well as the stipes, glabrous, sH n in g ; the pores
minute, round, pale. ,
P o ly p o r u s lu c id u s . Fries. Sysi. Mycol. v . 1 . p . 353.
B oletus lu c id u s , L e y ss .S ch ra d , Spicil. Fl. Germ. p . 16S.— Curt. Fl. Lond.
cum icrnie.—Smv. Fung. 1 .134.—P e r i. Syn. Fung. p. 522.—Alb. et Sclmein.
p. 246.—Fl. Dan. t. 1253.—Mart. Fl. Frlang. p. 448.—Schwein. Fung.
Carol. No. 882— Purt. M id i F l v. 2. p. Q65.—Hooh. FL Scot. Pt. 2. p. 27.
B oletus ru g o su s, Jacq. Aust. t. l 6g— With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p . 386—
Relh. Fl. Cant. ed. 3. p. 546.
B o l e t u s vern ic eu s, Brot. Lus. p. 468.
B oletus re su p in a tu s, Fl. Dan. t. 894.
B oletus d im idia tus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. t. Sg.
B o l e t u s vernicosus, Bergm. Phyt. 1 . t. 99.
B oletus n iten s, Batsch. Flench. Fung. t. 41. f. 225.
B oletus o b liq u a tu s. Bull Champ, p . 335. t. 7- e t 459 De Cand. F l Fran;.
ed. S. V. 2. p. 121.—Fjusd. Syn. p. 25.
B o l e t u s v a rieg a tu s, Schceff. Fung. t. 263.
A garicus pseudo-Boletus, Jacq. Aust. t. 41.
H ab. On stumps of old trees, rare. Summer. Woods at Bothwell, Mr
H opkirk. I t has been found in various places in England.
Plant o f a coriaceous o r co rk y , firm substance, v e ry in co n stan t in its form.
Pileus 4—8 inches in b re a d th , u su a lly more or less ren ifo rm , sometimes
flabelliform, ra re ly o rb ic u la r ; n e a rly p lan e , rugose, a n d m a rk e d w ith
co n cen tric lines o r grooves, glabrous, sh in in g as i f h ig h ly varnished.
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