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FISTULINA HEPATICA.
Fleshy Fistulina.
C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, L ift« .— N a t . O r d . FUNGI, Link.
G EN E R IC CHARACTER.
Hymenium tubulosum, distinctum sed pilei substantia concretum. Tubi primo
verruciformes subremoti, clausi, radiato-fimhriati, demum approximati elon-
Hymenium tubular, distinct b u t not separable from the substance of the
pileus. Tubes at first wart-like, somewhat remote, shut, radiato-fim-
briate, a t length approximate, elongated, open.
S P E C IF IC c h a r a c t e r .
F i s t d l i n a h ep á tic a ;................................................................... ^
F i s t u l i n a hepática. With. Bot. Arr. v. 4 . p .S l l .—Sibth. Fl. Oxon. No. 1071-
—Belh. Fl. Cant. p. 5i i .— Winch, Bot. Guide, 2. p. 93.—Fries, Syst.
Myc. V. 1. p. 396.— Crev. in Wern. Trans, v. 4 . p. 3 7 3 .
F i s t u l in a buglossoides. Bull. Champ, p. 314. t. 74. 464. et 497-
F i s t u l i n a Buglossum, Pers. Disp. Meth. Fung. p. 29-
B o l e t u s hepaticus, Huds. Fl. Angl. v. 2 . p. 625— Schæff. Fung. t. 116.-I20.
—Fjusd. Comment, p. 46.—Schrad. Spicil. p. 157— Cmel. Syst. Nat. v. 2.
p. 1438.—Noh;. Fung. t. 53— Bolt. Fung. t. 79— Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 549-
—Alb. et Schwein. p. 259— De Cand. Fl. Franç. v. 2. p. U S— Fjusd. Syn.
p. 23. Trattin. Fssb. Schwdm. p. 123. t. 5.—Fjusd. Dest. Schwam. p. I I 6.
t. 12.—Lightf. Fl. Scot. p. 103i.— Wild. Fl. Berol. p. 394 ■—Purt. Midi.
Fl. V. 2. p. 670.—Nees, Syst. p. 55. t. 26. f. 209— Schwein. Fung. Carol.
No. 944.—Hook. Fl. Scot. P a rt 2. p. 26.
B o l e t u s Buglossum, Betz, Fl. Scand. 2. p . 250— Vahl, Fl. Dan. 1. 1136,1137-
B o l e t u s sanguineus, Plan. Fung. Frfurt. p. 2 5 . / * Trattin.
H y p o d r y s , Pers. Champ. Comest. p. 245.
P o l y p o r u s sessilis sanguineus crassus mollis obscure lobatus. Hall. Hist.
No. 2315.
A g a r i c u s porosus rubens carnosus, hepatis facie. Dill. Ciss. p. 192- Bay,
Syn. p. 23.
A g a r i c u m esculentum, hepatis facie, Mick. Cen. P I Nov. p. 117. t. 60.
A g a r i c u s gelatinosus, parte prone erinaceus, Buxb. Cent. 1. t. 56. f. 2.
H a b . On the trunks of Oak-trees, in autumn, rare. Jardine Hall, Sir
W i l l i a m J a r d i n e , Barb Near Inverness.—In England, it appears to
be produced equally sparingly.
Pilms 4-8 inches broad, exceedingly variable in form, being either qmte
sessile or obliquely stipitate, entire or lobed, sobtary, or several growing
together in a tufted manner, b u t rarely at aU imbricated. The substance
is very thick, soft, fieshy, viscid and juicy, especiaUy in a young state,
when a blood-like fluid is emitted if it be wounded : the fibres composing
th e substance are tenacious; a n d in tearing the pbeus, they are found
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