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BOLETUS IGNIARIUS. = TOUCHWOOD BOLETUS, 
Or AGAR, 
SYNONYMA. Agaricus chirurgorum. Pharm. Edinb. Agaricus. 
quernus. Pharm. gener. Fungus in caudicibus nafcens, unguis 
equini figura. Bauh. Pin. 372. Polyporus feflilis, convexo-pla- 
nus, duriffimus, cinereus, inferne albus. Aa//. Helv. n. 2288. 
Rati. Synop. 22. n. 7. B. igniarius.  Audfon. Flor. Ang. 625. 
Withering. Bot. Arr. iii. 425. Lightfoot. Flor. Scot.1034. Ic. Flor. 
Dan. 953. Bulliard. 82. 491. Scheffer.137, 1 38 Battarra. 
37: foes | 
te Cryptogamia Fungi. Lin. Gen. Plant. 1210. 
Gen. Ch. Fungus horizontalis :. fubtus porofus. i 
‘ a rere rrr. 
SA..Ch. B. acaulis pulvinatus levis, poris tenuiflimis, pete 
TUBES green, grey, red, or brownifh. Pores yellowith, changing 
to red brown, very fine. Pi/eus fhaped like a horfe’s hoof, fmooth, 
blackith. With. 7. c. ea 
This fungus is feflile, horizontal, confifting of a very hard woody 
fubftance, fhaped fomewhat like a horfe’s hoof; on the upper fide 
fmooth, but marked with circular ridges of different colours: the 
under fide is flat, white, or yellowith, full of very minute pores: the 
internal fubftance is fibrous, hard, tough, of a tawny brown colour. 
Seeds oval, contained in the tubes. 
Tubes very flender, equal, colour of tanned leather; in old plants 
ftratified, a frefh layer being added every year. Pileus very hard, 
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