Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Agaricus betulinus in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1176 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Lenzites betulina (L.:Fr.) Fr.
original Latin description
Agaricus acaulis coriaceus villosus: margine obtuso, lamellis ramosis aastamosantibus.
English translation
Agaricus stemless, coriaceous, [and] villous; with a margin obtuse; [and] with lamellae anastamosing.
| Agaricus | Agaricus |
| stemless, | acaulis - nominative singular masculine of group B adjective acaulis, -is, -e; modifies Agaricus |
| coriaceous, | coriaceus - nominative singular masculine of group A adjective coriaceus, -a, -um; modifies Agaricus |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| villous; | villosus - nominative singular masculine of group A adjective villosus, -a, -um; modifies Agaricus |
| with a margin | margine - ablative singular of third declension masculine noun margo, marginis |
| obtuse; | obtuso - ablative plural masculine of group A adjective obtusus, -a, -um; modifies margine |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with lamellae | lamellis - ablative plural of first declension feminine noun lamella, -ae |
| branched | ramosis - ablative plural feminine of group A adjective ramosus, -a, -um/i>; modifies lamellis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| anastomosing. | anastomosantibus - ablative plural feminine of present active participle of first conjugation verb snsdyomoso, =are, -avi, -atum; modifies lamellae |