Polyporaceae 



Boietinus. West Virginia mountains under spruce trees. Haddonfield, N. J., 

 among scrub pines. Mt. Gretna, Pa., among pines. 



It is of excellent consistency and of mild pleasant flavor. It is at its 

 best in patties, croquettes and escallops. 



B. appendicula'tllS Pk. Pileus fleshy, convex, glabrous, ochrace- 

 ous-yellow, the margin appendiculate with an incurved membranous 

 veil. Flesh pale-yellow, unchangeable. Tubes rather small, yellow, 

 their mouths angular, unequal, becoming darker or brownish where 

 wounded. Stem solid, slightly thickened at the base, yellow. Spores 

 pale-yellow, oblong, 10-12x4^. PileilS 4-8 in. broad. Stem 2-3 in. 

 long, 46 lines thick. 



Under or near fir trees. Washington. September to December. 

 Yeomans. Peck, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 23, No. 10. 



B. pic'tus Pk. Pileus convex or nearly plane, at first covered with a 

 red fibrillose tomentum wJiicJi soon divides into small scales revealing the 

 yellow color of the pileus beneath. Flesh yellow, often slowly changing 

 to dull pinkish or reddish tints where wounded. Tubes tenacious, at 

 first pale yellow, becoming darker or dingy ochraceous with age, some- 

 times changing to pinkish-brown where bruised, concealed in the young 

 plant by the copious whitish webby veil. Stem equal or nearly so, 

 solid, slightly and somewhat evanescently annulate, clothed and colored 

 like or a little paler than the pileus, yellowish at the top. Spores 

 ochraceous, 911x45^. 



Pileus 2-4 in. broad. Stem 1-5-3 m - l n g, 3-6 lines thick. 



Woods and mossy swamps. New York, Peck; New England, Frost; 

 North Carolina, Curtis. Peck, Boleti of the U. S. 



West Virginia mountains, 1882. Haddonfield, N. J., Angora, West 

 Philadelphia, Mt. Gretna, Pa. August and September. In mixed 

 woods, principally oak. Leominster, Mass. C. F. Nixon, Ph. G. 



It is sometimes found upon much decayed chestnut stumps. 



The caps of some species are so cracked as to appear distinctly 

 areolate. The white webby veil is often persistent. The fungus is one 

 of the handsomest. Its rich variegated colors impress it upon eye-mem- 

 ory. It is one of the very best edible species. 



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