Polyporaceae 



Boletus. B. granula'tllS granula, a granule. PileilS convex or nearly 

 plane, very viscid or glutinous and rusty-brown when moist, yellowish 

 when dry. Flesh pale-yellowish. Tubes short, adnate, yellowish, 

 their mouths simple, granulated. Stem dotted with glandules above, 

 pale-yellowish. Spores spindle-shaped, yellowish-orange, 7.510x23/4. 



PileilS 1.5-4 in. broad. Stem 1-2 in. long, 4-6 lines thick. 



Woods, especially of pine and in open places under or near pine 

 trees. Very common. 



The plant is generally gregarious and sometimes grows in circles, 

 whence the name B. circinans Pers. Occasionally it is cespitose. The pi- 

 leus is very variable in color pinkish-gray, reddish-brown, yellowish- 

 gray, tawny-ferruginous or brownish and is sometimes obscurely spot- 

 ted by the drying gluten. The flesh is rather thick and often almost 

 white, except near the tubes, where it is tinged with yellow. The tubes 

 are small, at first almost white or very pale-yellow, but they become 

 dingy-ochraceous with age. The stem is generally short, stout and 

 firm, whitish-pallid or yellowish, and often dotted to the base, though 

 the glandules are more numerous and distinct on the upper part. Peck, 

 Boleti of the U. S. 



B. granulatus is of frequent and general occurrence. I have found it 

 in the pine woods of New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and 

 West Virginia, and in West Virginia and Pennsylvania in mixed woods. 



It is a late-growing species, appearing in September and continuing 

 until frost. 



All authors, with one exception (Gillet), give the species as edible. 

 From frequent and copious testings, the writer vouches for its edibility 

 and excellence. It bears favorable comparison with any of the late 

 Boleti. 



B. bre'vipes Vk.brevis, short; pcs t foot. Pi'leilS thick, convex, 

 covered with a thick, tough gluten when young or moist, dark chestnut 

 color, sometimes fading to dingy-tawny, the margin inflexed. Flesh 

 white or tinged with yellow. Tubes short, nearly plane, adnate or 

 slightly depressed around the stem, small, subrotund, at first whitish 

 becoming dingy-ochraceous. Stem whitish, not dotted or rarely with a 

 few very minute inconspicuous dots at the apex, very short. Spores sub- 

 fusiform, 7. 5x3/4. 



PileilS 1.5-2.5 in. broad. Stem .5-1 in. long, 3-5 lines thick. 



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