G E N U S II. BOLETUS. St
BOLETUS acaulis fafciis difcoloribus poris albis, Sp. PI. 1645. xcv
Hudfon Angl. 626. Schaf. Fung. T. 136. Poliporusfeffihs
cefpitofus planus hirfutus anulis verficoloribus. Hall.
Hiß. 2282. Fungus mejintericus. St erb. T. 27. K. Fungus
lignofus rofeus variegatus. Boccone, P. 295. T. 8.
No. 5. Agaricusfquamis iridiformibus. Battarra, T. 35. A.
S T R I P E D BOLETUS. i\j;ft|
T A B . LXXXI.
nTHIS plant, like thelaft, when young, adheres by its whole
A breadth to decayed wood or bark, having the hairy fide
downwards and the pores upwards. I have fpecimens which
grew in a moift fituation, upon wet wood, which grew to their
full fize in this manner; they are two or three inches diameter,
about half an inch thick, and of a milk white colour in every
part; they have not the leaft appearance of hairinefs or dawninefs
on either fide. In ano'ther fpecimen, the plant has formed
itfelf into a firm folid lump, fuited in ihape to the cavity of an
old beam, wherein I found it growing, and is nearly the fize of
a man's fift.
The moil common manner of its growing, is like the
Boletus aurtformis and Agaricus quercinus; to feparate from the
wood except on one fide, to become horizontal, and to grow
and increafe in that dire&ion :—what is JIOW become the upper
fide is covered with a clofe, ihort, velvety dawn, of various
colours ; amongft which, a purpliih kind of lead colour generally
prevails, or forms the ground- w o r k ; upon this are concentric
ftripes, of various browns, gold colour, green, or purple
} the whole in decay changes to a dirty green, or greeniih
brown.
The pores are cream-coloured* or white, fometimes round
and very fmall, at other times angular and more large. The
tubes very.ihort.
Grows in woods about Halifax, plentifully.
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