Histoire des Champignons de la France, Vol 2

PLANT OF FRANCE

A botanical engraving shows three stages of a fungus (Boletus obliquatus). Figure A displays a young specimen, Figure B shows a mature specimen, and Figure C illustrates a vertical cross-section.

19 Boletus obliquatus. — OBLIQUE BOLETUS. HABIT; it is 6 or 7 inches in height, found in woods during August and September: it grows on rotten stumps. CAP more or less convex, remarkable for zones that are often varied in color, especially in its youth. Its surface appears slightly hairy although shiny; its substance is thick and spongy, having the color and nature of tinder; it is lined with pipes or pores that are longer at the center than at the circumference, all terminating regularly and giving it a convex shape underneath. STALK full, woody, shiny, always attached to the cap laterally.

N. B. Fig. A is an OBLIQUE BOLETUS drawn in its youth. Fig. B is the same plant drawn at an advanced age. Fig. C represents it cut vertically. The cap always has a noticeable obliquity that it retains at all ages. In its youth, its surface is moist, its edges are a beautiful yellow, and its substance is fleshy, but at an advanced age, it becomes woody, dry, and leathery. It has the odor of a mushroom and does not have an unpleasant taste.

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