TAB. LXXXVI. 



BOLETUS iMBRiCATUS. Bii/l. tab. 366. 



Has grown annually for fome years on the fame 

 ftumps in Kcnllngton gardens, often of very large di- 

 menfions. When frelh, it is eafily bruifed, at firft turn- 

 ing red, afterwards nearly black. It occafionally grows 

 thinner, and divides fomcthing like Boletus acanthoides 

 of Bulliard. The pileus is finely fquamofe ; the pores 

 minute, and feldom deep ; their ends are fomewhat 

 fpong>^ 



TAB. LXXXVII. 

 BOLETUS FRONDOsus. Dickf. Crypt. fafc. i. /'. 18. 



Often found growing in very large clufters beau- 

 tifully branching and reuniting, forming lateral rami- 

 fications in a very curious manner. The top or pileus 

 is generally of a greyilh brown ; the fides lighter ; the 

 pores and inner fubllance very white. 



T A B. LXXXVIII. 

 BOLETUS ULMARius. 



IVIaY be found on old or rotting elms [ulmus cam- 

 pejlris) thriving in damp weather moft part of the 

 year. It is a very folid, tough, unfliapen mafs, often 

 very large, commonly attached by the back fo as only 

 to fliew the edge of the rugged pileus. The pores are 

 very fine, frequently in many ftrata under each other 

 of various length. I have a large fpecimen from a cel- 

 lar, found in an angle between two brick walls without 

 any figns of wood being near. The moilhire oufing 

 from the wall mud be very powerfvdly faturated with 

 the vegetable matter to form fo denfe a fubrtance ; and 

 if fome beam was the caufe, the bricks mull have filter- 

 ed it to a nicety, which is another proof of the fubtilty 



