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PLceU.aph. 11. HYMENOTHECE^. 268. Boletus. 643
16. Boletus ah'wtinus. Fir holete.
Tlialli crowded, tiledlike ; ca[) spreading at bottom, thin,
woolly, greyish-white ;
porei acute, purple-brown.
Boletus abietinus, Dickson Crypt. 3,9; Persoon Syn. 541.
On decaying larch-trees.
17. Boletus citrinus. Lemon holete.
Thallus halved, tiledlike, fleshy, bald, lemon-yellow.
Boletus citrinus, Plan. Erfurt. 26; Persoon Syn. 524.
Boletus caudicinus, Scha-ff. Fung. LSI & 132.
Boletus sulphureus, Sowerby Fungi, 135.
On willow, old oak, plum and other trees : summer.
When young soft like a custard : on drying exudes
crystals of pure oxalic acid.
XXVII. 269. GRIFOLA. Micheli. Grifole.
Stem lateral ; cap semicircular.
1. Grifolia frondosa. Frondose grifole.
Thallus much branched; caps numerous, halved, smoke
grey.
Boletus entybaceus, Baumgart, Lips. 631.
Boleius frondosus,
Syn. 520,
Bickson Crypt. 1, 18; Sowerby Fungi, 81 ; Persoon
At the foot of oak-trees ; autumn.
Eatable, but requires thorough dressing; about a foot
wide.
2o Grifola platypora. Wide-po?'ed grifole.
Thallus large ; stem thick ; cap fleshy, corklike, ochre
yellow; centre scaly, scales umber-brown or blackish;
pores large, bent.
Boletus juglandis,-ScAa"#. Fung. 101, 102.
Boletus squamosus, Bolton Fung. 77.
Boletus cellulosus, Lightf. Scot. 1052.
On willows and other trees.
3. Grifola cristala. Crested grifole.
Thalli in tufts ; stem white ; cap fleshy, irregular, rather
turned inwards, greenish ; pores white, growing light ochry.
Boletus cristatus, Schmff. Fung. 316,317 ;
Boletus floriformis, Schteff. Fting. 113.
In shady beech woods.
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Persoon Syn, 522.