
          (63.)

Boletus tenax Hist 75

Tough Boletus

This noble species I found on the stock
of an Elm Tree in a small wood belonging
to Shibden Hall near Halifax, The Rev'd Mr Lightfoot
found and described it in Scotland, but it has
not, that I know of, been before found in England.

The <s>Gills</s> Pores are round, extremely numerous,
but too small for the naked Eye. In drying, it
becomes firm and elastic, but loses entirely
its beautiful colours [colors], August 1786.
        