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Plcell.aph. I l.HYMENOTHECE^. 268. Boletus. 641
5. Boletus carpmeus. Hornbeam holete.
Tlialli in tufts; cap bald, yellowish, bordered; underneath
grey.
Boletus carpineiis, Sowerby Fungi, 231.
On the trunks of hornbeam.
6. Boletus suaveolens. Sweetscented holete.
Thallus scented, fleshy, rather corky ; cap slightly woolly,
white; pores large, brownish, some prominent, pointed,
with an unequal surface.
Boletus suaveolens, Lin. S. P. 1646; Persoon Syn, 530,
Boletus suberosu«, Bolt. Fung. 162.
Boletus salicinus, Bull. Herb. 340.
On the white willow and other trees ;
mild winters.
Odour grateful, when dry like that of anise-seeds.
1. Boletus igniarius. Tinder holete.
Thallus dilated, smooth ; skin wrinkly ; cap hard, blackish
at bottom ; edge vermillion red, underneath ochry-yellow.
Boletus igniarius, Lin. S. P. 1645; Persoon Syn, 534.
On the trunks of fir-trees.
When beaten, used for tinder, under the name of amadou.
8. Boletus betuliniis. Beech holete.
Thallus short-stemmed, rather large; cap fleshy cork-
beneath whitish.
like, kidneyshape, grey-reddish ;
Boletus betulinus, Grme?. Sj/s^. iVa^ 2, 1436; Sowerby Fungi, 2\2 ^ Persoon
Syn. 535.
On the trunks of beech-trees.
Taste acid.
9. Boletus foynentarius.
Spunk holete.
Thallus halved, hard ; cap rather 3-cornered, slightly
banded, smoke-grey ; pores whitish-grey, becoming rather
rust-colour.
Agaricus pedis equini facie, Raii Syn. 22,7.
Boletus fomentarius, Sowerby Fungi, 153 ; Persoon Syn. 536.
On sickly beech-trees.
When beaten, used for tinder, or quick-match, also to
restrain haemorrhage, instead of the true agaric, daedalia
quercina, genus 266.
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