16 Rhodora [JANUARY 
BoLeTUS RuUssELLI Frost. 
This Boletus is distinguished from other species in the section 
Laceripedes by its dry squamulose pileus and the color of the stem 
(vid. Peck. Bull. N. Y. State Mus.: 2: 8: Sept, 1889, p. 121). De 
scribed originally by Frost, the plant, well known in New England, 
has been reported from New York, and from as far South as North 
Carolina. It has been deemed rare. During the Boletus season, how- 
ever, that is, in the first half of August, in 1896, '97, and '98, it was 
not infrequently collected in deciduous woods about Boston. It is per- 
haps missed by collectors because, so far as the writer has observed, it 
is not common on and beside paths in the woods, but is to be sought 
for when striking across country, off the beaten track. It may be 
looked for in almost any patch or stretch of dry, deciduous woods, and 
often in the moister situations. Where it occurs, it is conspicuous by 
reason of its tall, erect habit and lacerated stem, and is therefore sure 
to attract the attention of even the most inexperienced collector. 
It is generally almost solitary, but occasionally a dozen plants may 
be found within a square rod. It has been collected and reported from 
so many places about Boston that it certainly is not rare in that region. 
In fact, it seems almost as common as 5. alveolatus, and more so, in 
the writer's experience, than B. luridus. It is rarely much attacked by 
insects in the early stages, and as it dries well, and without loss of the 
distinctive characteristics, good herbarium specimens are easily had. 
Two EDIBLE HYGROPHORI. 
In the Thirty-fifth Report of the New York State Museum (for 1881, 
Albany, 1884) are descriptions of two of Frost's species of Hygropho- 
rus, 17. fuligineus and H. flavo-discus. They belong in the section 
Limacium, characterized by a velum universale viscidum, and are distin- 
guished by * the abundant gluten which covers the pileus ” and the stem, 
in the button stage. Large, firm species, of rather slow growth, they 
appear late in the autumn in low pine woods, usually in damp places, 
and in mixed woods under or near scattered pines. They are four to 
seven inches in diameter, and the size of their moist, shining caps, 
which in Æ. fuligineus are dusky or smoky brown, and in ZZ. favo-discus 
a bright pale yellow, makes them conspicuous. In the unexpanded 
stage, which persists for some time after the plants push up above the 
ground, the color is much more intense, and the plants look like 
