}036 CRYPTCGAMIA FUNGI. 



-■ ■' tations and wounds. It has noc however proved 



altogether fucceisful, unlels in the Imaller vef- 



fels. 



"We are inform'd by Gleditch., that in Franconia^ a 



"■- ; ■' circle of Germany^ he had feen thefe beaten 



pieces of Boletus^ which refemble the fofteft 



' leather, curioufly fev/'d together and made into 



'• garments. Cled. fung. p. jc). 



ve'>iP. color "], B. acaulis fafciis difcoloribus poris albis. 6^. pL 

 1645. {Slerbcck. t. 27. K. Batavra. t. ^S- ei 

 34. B. Schwffer. t. 268. opt. ".t ejus varie tales, 

 t. 267. et 269.) 



Variegated or (Iriped Boletus. Anglis. 



Upon the trunks of old trees, and decayed wood 

 frequent. XI. — III. 



It grows horizontally in imbricated clufters. Its 

 figure is nearly femielliptic and flat, with an 

 undulated margin. Its fubfcance white, dry, 

 and coriaceous, the upper fide downy and 

 Ilriped with concentric zones of various colors. 

 The predominrjii: color is generally green, but 

 often intercepted with concentric ftripes of yel- 

 low, tiiwiiy, reddiih brov/n, and bluifii colors. 

 Someumes it occurs totally green, yellow, or 

 grey, without ar,y ilripes at ail. 

 , The under fide is white, and when old a pale 

 yellovvilh brown. ■ 



The 



