74  An HISTORY of FUNGUSSES. 



LXXXVII. BOLETUS acaulis lignofus, ports obliquis roftratis incequalibus 



ebliquus. baji adhaijius. — Agaricus acaulis coriaceus, lamellis Jimplicibus 



Jinuatis. Hud/on, 623. Agaricus coriaceus longijjimus pec- 



tinatim in/erne divifus. Ray Syru P. 25, No. 26. T. 1. 



F. 5. 



O B L I QJJ E BOLETUS. 



TAB. LXXIV. 



/ T*HIS confifts of a vaft number of oblique unequal pores, 

 •*■ which run together at their bafe, and form an hard, woody, 

 or coriaceus cruft, which ftrongly adheres, by its whole breadth, 

 to the branches of trees, when fallen, or in a ftate of decay ; 

 it infinuates itfelf into the fubftance of the dead bark, fo as to 

 become infeparably united therewith, as is feen in the upper figure 

 at a. fometimes when old it paffes quite through the bark, in- 

 corporating it into its own fubftance, and even enters into the 

 wood. 



It grows in patches various in fize and figure, fometimes. 

 round or oval, but more frequently of no determinate fhape. 

 The tubes round the margin are fmaller, and of a darker colour ; 

 they are obliquely placed, and moft commonly rent, broken, or 

 deficient on one fide ; they generally increafe in length, from 

 the margin to the centre of the plant. The colour varies from 

 white, by way of buff, to browns of various hues, and be- 

 comes almofi black in decay. A fmall part of the plant, as it 

 appeared when a little magnified, is feen at c . 



Grows in many woods about Halifax, and is perennial and 

 abiding. 



