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Boletus hepaticus Hist. 79.
Liver Boletus.

N.B. Bulliard makes a new Genus of this which
he has termed Fistulina.

This Boletus grew in the Hollow stock
of an Oak in Lee Bank Wood in Octr. [October] 1786.

The Pileus when newly gathered looks
like a piece of raw Liver, the Flesh when
cut resembles very exactly the lean part
of Yorkshire hang'd [hanged] Beef when well dried.

Pores very minute, regular and round,
of a pale buff yellow when newly taken off
the tree, on being bruised or touched with the
Fingers immediately turned reddish.

The taste of the flesh is not unlike that of
well fed Veal.
        