226 - Rhodora [SEPTEMBER 
BOLETI COLLECTED AT ALSTEAD, NEW HAMPSHIRE,— 
ADDITIONAL NOTES. 
H. WEBSTER. 
As no small part of the interest and profit of studying the fleshy 
fungi in the field is connected with observing the recurrence or the 
non-appearance of the fruiting stage in succeeding years, it may 
be worth while to compare the list of Boleti seen at Alstead, New 
Hampshire, a year ago! with this year's list. Whether owing to 
greater rainfall, greater heat, or to some less obvious difference in 
the conditions, the Boletus season was a week or ten days earlier, 
apparently, than in 19oo. On the other hand, in general, Boleti did 
not fruit so freely, in spite of a rather marked increase in the abun- 
dance of a few kinds such as B. felleus and B. bicolor. By the first 
of August, all the species collected a yeat ago had again been seen, 
and a few days later, when collecting ceased, a glance at the list 
showed several kinds not seen last year, as well as one or two seen 
too late to be noted at the time. 
Noteworthy for its plentifulness in certain localities, usually hem- 
lock or mixed woods, was B. albus Peck. Closer acquaintance with 
this species brings out its individuality, more strikingly, as well as 
deepening the conviction that somehow it must be B. granulatus 
in disguise. Its proportions are, on the whole, constantly different, 
taking the average of many collections. It has longer stems, with 
smaller caps, than its close relative. Moreover, the color of the 
granules that stud the white stems is darker, with a purplish, or pale 
inky tint, foreign to B. granulatus. Both species in the young but- 
ton stage are often covered underneath with drops of moisture, in 
which some of the coloring matter seems to be suspended. 
Boletus piperatus was conspicuous by its rarity. Usually the 
roadsides and certain spots in deciduous woods are dotted with it. 
B. subglabripes, also, surprisingly plentiful last year, was comparatively 
scarce. On the other hand B. bicolor was frequently found, perhaps 
in places overlooked in previous years. It is certainly very constant 
to locality. B. chrysenteron, too, was this year familiar in the col- 
lecting baskets — not only in the typical form, but also in the dimin- 
l See RHODORA 2: 20. August, 1900, p. 173. 
