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The name is based on Fries' change of Bulliard's figure 421.
Bulliard illustrated what seems to be a very characteristic plant
with large, orbicular pores, under the name Boletus flavus. I think
no one has ever found in France the plant exactly corresponding with
Bulliard's figure, though the plant that Monsieur Boudier so inter-
prets is probably the same thing, having, however, more elongated
pores and being a much thinner plant. The name by Bulliard, Boletus
flavus, is taken from Linnaeus, and while no authentic specimen
exists of Boletus flavus, it was undoubtedly a foreign species of Hexagona,
and most probably the plant that is now known as Hexagona
apiaria, named by Persoon. Fries based the name "Trametes gallica"
on the figure of Bulliard, having, of course, never met the plant; nor
do I think he knew what Linnaeus' plant was, but he assumed they
were not the same plant, and changed the name of Bulliard's plate.
Fig 517
Trametes gallica.
Bresadola interprets Bulliard's figure 421 as being Trametes
hispida, and would apply the name of Trametes flava to Trametes
hispida on that account. While Monsieur Boudier would not agree,
I am disposed to think that the plant he found is really the thin,
large-pored form of the common Trametes hispida. At the same time,
I feel that it is worthy of a name as a separate form. At least, in my
opinion, there is no reason for giving the name Trametes flava to the
common Trametes hispida on the strength of Bulliard's figure. Assuming
that the plant as figured by Bulliard is the same plant, the name
used by Bulliard has no validity, as at the best it is only a misdetermination
on Bulliard's part. I think Trametes hispida, as this plant
is commonly known in the mycology of Europe, is the name it should
retain. I see no advantage in needlessly changing established and
unquestioned names, particularly when only uncertain evidence
exists.