The name is based on Fries' change of Bulliard's figure 421. 

 Bulliard illustrated what seems to be a very characteristic plant 

 with large, orbicular pores, under the name Boletus flavus. I think 

 no one has ever found in France the plant exactly corresponding with 

 Bulliard's figure, though the plant that Monsieur Boudier so inter- 

 prets is probably the same thing, having, however, more elongated 

 pores and being a much thinner plant. The name by Bulliard, Bol- 

 etus flavus, is taken from Linnaeus, and while no authentic specimen 

 exists of Boletus flavus, it was undoubtedly a foreign species of Hex- 

 agona, and most probably the plant that is now known as Hexagona 

 apiaria, named by Persoon. Fries based the name "Trametes gallica" 

 on the figure of Bulliard, having, of course, never met the plant; nor 

 do I think he knew what Linnaeus' plant was, but he assumed they 

 were not the same plant, and changed the name of Bulliard's plate. 



Fig 517 



Trametes gallica. 



Bresadola interprets Bulliard's figure 421 as being Trametes 

 hispida, and would apply the name of Trametes flava to Trametes 

 hispida on that account. While Monsieur Boudier would not agree, 

 I am disposed to think that the plant he found is really the thin, 

 large-pored form of the common Trametes hispida. At the same time, 

 I feel that it is worthy of a name as a separate form. At least, in my 

 opinion, there is no reason for giving the name Trametes flava to the 

 common Trametes hispida on the strength of Bulliard's figure. Assum- 

 ing that the plant as figured by Bulliard is the same plant, the name 

 used by Bulliard has no validity, as at the best it is only a misdeter- 

 mination on Bulliard's part. I think Trametes hispida, as this plant 

 is commonly known in the mycology of Europe, is the name it should 

 retain. I see no advantage in needlessly changing established and 

 unquestioned names, particularly when only uncertain evidence 

 exists. 



