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D. LV. FUNGI. 
ro bo. (epéveos Fungus, a mushroem ) 
~~ Vegetables of the mushroorh tribe. 
BOLETUS IGNIARIUS. _TOUCHWOOD BOLETUS, or AGARIC, 
ee peas 
SYNONYM. Agaricus chirurgorum. Pharm. Edinb. Agaricus 
quernus. Pharm. gener. /Bungus in caudicibus nascens, unguis 
equina figura’ .Bawh. Pin. 372. Polyporus sessilis, convexo- 
planus, durissimus, cinefeut, inferne albus. Salat Hide. n. 2288, 
Flor, o 935.  Bulliard. $2. & 401. 
Batlarra. 37... €. 
a Cryptogamia Fungi. Lin. Cen. Plant. 1210. 
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emai ® Parasitici, acatles. 
& Ch. B. acaulis paiomatus levis, poris fenujetite 
TUBES green, grey, red, or brownish. Pores Vaowish, 
changing to red brown, very fine. Pileus Sere = 2 horse’s 
hoof, smooth, blackish. With. Ll. c. 
This fungus is sessile, horizontal, consisting of, ae wer hard 
woody substance, shaped somewhat like a horse’s hoof; on the. 
upper side smooth, but marked with circular ridges of different 
colours: the under side is flat, white, or yellowish, full of very 
minute pores: the internal substance is fibrous, hard, tough, of @ 
tawny brown colour. Secds oval, contained in the tubes. 
