t S O L E T U S LU Cl DUS. LACQUERED BOL E TUS .
BOLETUS. Lin. Gen. PI. C r y p t o g a m i a F u n g i . . Fungus h o r i z o n t a l i s f u b tu s p o r o fu s .
Ran Syn. Gen. i . F u n g i . .
BOLETUS hu!Jus, pileo coriaceo luperne caftaneo lucido, fulcis circularibus notato, inferne albo -
poris rninutiflimis. . ■ • ’ »
BOLETUS rugofus. Jacquin. Fl. Außr. t. 169.
FUNGUS coriaceus,, pileolo latiffimo atrorubente, pediculo breviflimo. Rail Syn. ed. 3. p. ?
FUNGUS fpeclofus putridis arborum truncis et ftipi-
tibus prefertim coryli innafcitur, totus lig-
nofo-coriaceus et perfifteris.
STIPES durus, inaequalis, caftaneus, vernice veluti
obdudtus.
PILEUS plerumque fubdimidiatus, nonntinquam orbi-
culatus, planus, fuperne caftaneus, nitidifli-
mus, fulcis circularibus concentricis notatus,
rugofus, inferne dum recens albiflimus; poris .
minutiffimis. >
FUNGI duo connati, in tabula proponuntur, hinc atque 5
illinc fpeftati, turn fungi pars inferior lente 1
autta ut pori magis luculenter appareant. . j
f T lis handlome Fungus grows out1 of the trunks of
t decayed trees, particularly the flumps of the
\ hazel, and is throughout o f a leathery or
: fomewhat woody fubftance, and permanent.
! S1ALK. hard, uneven, o f a chefnut colour, fhining
; as i f varnifhed. ^ °
; CAP for the moft part forming half a circle, fometimes
! 3 who e one- flat,.on the upper fide o f a chef-
, nut colour, and highly polifhed, marked with
• , circular concentric groevés, the edge thick
and wrinkled ; on the under fide, when frefli
very white, the pores exceedingly fmall.
Two Fungi growing together, are reprefented on the
plate in two different views; alfo part o f the
plainly***6 mag“ ‘fied’ £o Æew the pores more
In the month of November, 1780, I fortunately found the fine fpecimen o f this Boletus. , a v , j ,
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■ One principal charafter of this Fungus, is its polilhed or rather lacquered furface for it has all ft,
of having been varmlhed; this I believe it polMes in all its fituations; and on ^his account I hav*lpp33r3a3e
■ a name different from Jnc,um. who has an excellent figure o f it under the title o f ruZT, • u- *
aca. The other characters which feem to be conftant are tils 0/r j ^ ^ rugofus, in his FI. Auflriits
wrinkled, thick, and fomewhat inverted edge, which is very m to b r e a k 'll £he.jipper Jde o f 'he Pileus,
leus, as reprefented on the plate, but omitted by jacquin; the uimfual whhenefs of H l“ “ f f l ° f the Pi‘
and the extreme fiuenels of its pores, which may be overlooked ■ it annears to be on, 11V under Me
pileus (which is fometimes orbiculalm, as is fliewn on the plate in afmaller Fu,w“ s of fhe ihaPe o f its
fometimes dimidiatus) \ and in its ftalk, which is fometimes wanting, as I difcovered from a foec“ 2
out of the bottom of an elm tree near Hyde Park. 6 e ea trom a specimen growing
l e f s T t f c l ^ S f o t m t T m f c T o f | H 1 h * “ fllrU" k “ *“ • •the “ ab°»' one third
There was feme reafon to fufpeft this Boletus of being the terennis of I r«™*„s .r . - . .
that plant in his Flora Lafponica removed every doubt, fnd convinced me he had not^efcriLd'it.^*1011 ° f