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BOLETUS acaulis fafciis difcoloribus ports albis, Sp.PL 1645. XCV. 

 Hudfon Angl. 626. Schcef. Fung. T. 136. Poliporus fef- vt rf e oIar, 

 Jilts cejpitoj'us planus hirfutus anulis verftcoloribus. Hall. 

 Hiji. 2282. Fungus mejintericus. Sterb. *T. 27. K. Fun- 

 gus lignojus rojeus variegatus. Boecone, P. 295. 'T. S. 

 No. 5. Agaricus fquamis iridiformibus. Battarra, T. 35. A. 



STRIPED BOLETUS. 



TAB. LXXXI. 



/ "T" V HIS plant, like the laft, when young, adheres by its whole 

 ■*■ breadth to decayed wood or bark, having the hairy iide 

 downwards and the pores upwards. I have fpecimens which 

 grew in a moid 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 dawni- 

 nefs on either fide. In another fpecimen, the plant has formed 

 itfelf into a firm folid lump, fuited in fliape 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 aurijormis and Agaricus quercinus ; to feparate from the 

 wood except on one fide, to become horizontal, and to grow 

 and increaie in that direction : — what is now become the upper 

 fide is covered with a clofe, ihort, velvety dawn, of various 

 colours ; amongft which, a purplifli kind of lead colour gene- 

 rally prevails, or forms the ground-work ; upon this are con- 

 centric ftripes, of various browns, gold colour, green, or pur- 

 ple ; the whole in decay changes to a dirty green, or greenifh 

 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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