Polyporaceee 



Sandy soil in pine groves and woods. New England, Frost; New Boletus. 

 York, Peck. 



The species is closely related to B. granulatus, from which it differs 

 especially in its darker colored pileus, more copious gluten, shorter 

 stem and the almost entire absence of granules from the tube mouths 

 and stem. In the rare instances in which these are present they are ex- 

 tremely minute and inconspicuous. The plant occurs very late in the 

 season and the pileus appears as if enveloped in slime and resting stem- 

 less on the ground. Peck, Boleti of the U. S. 



Specimens found in pine woods of New Jersey, identified by Professor 

 Peck. Lambertville, N. J., C. S. Ridgway; Haddonfield, N. J., T. 

 J. Collins; Pleasantville, Isaac F. SJianer. 



B. brevipes is a disreputable, dirty, tramp-looking fungus, from which 

 the collector would expect no good. Nevertheless, when it has had a 

 good scrubbing it becomes respectable and is sweet, tender, good eat- 

 ing. When other species abound, it does not pay for the cleansing. 



B. COllini'tllS Fr. collino, to besmear. Pileus convex, even, becom- 

 ing pale when the brown gluten separates. Flesh white. Tubes adnate, 

 elongated, naked, the months two-parted, pallid, becoming yellow. 

 Stem firm, often tapering downward, somewhat reticulate with appressed 

 squamnlcs, white, becoming brown. 



Woods of pine or fir. North Carolina, Curtis; New England, Frost. 



I have seen no specimens of this apparently rare species. It is said 

 to be solitary in its mode of growth and to resemble B. luteus in size 

 and color, but to be distinct from it by its ringless, dotless stem. Dr. 

 Curtis records it as edible. Peck, Boleti of the U.S. 



I found three specimens at Haddonfield, N. J., October, 1897, under 

 scrub pines. Cap 2^ in. across, convex, gibbous; stem equal, 2*2 in. 

 long, } in. in diameter, slightly tapering at base. The two-parted 

 mouths to the tubes were very distinct. The stems were tough, but the 

 caps, washed and fried, were good. 



B. (li'chrous Ellis. Pileus convex, viscose, dull red. Flesh soft, 

 dull, yellowish-white, changing to greenish-bine where wounded, finally 

 yellow. Tubes subdepressed around the stem, large, unequal, straw- 

 colored, changing color like the flesh where wounded. Stem thickened 



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