322 POLYPORACE^E Boletus 



where touched. Mycelium woolly, matting sawdust, sulphur. Pileus some- 

 times 9 in. in diam. 



1471. B. strisepes Seer, (from the striate stem; stria, a line, 



pes, a foot) a b. 

 P. pulvinate to expanded, orange-buff, shaded umber; marg. 



paler or whitish. St. slightly ventricose, velvety, sulphur-white 



above, umber below, broadly striate with small brown dots. 



T. yellow, yellow-greenish, sulphur or apricot-sulphur. 



Po. minute. Flesh white, or faintly shaded pale yellowish or 



brownish, sparingly changing to blue. 

 Woods ; rare. Oct. 2f x 2j x I in. 



1472. B. ehrysenteron With, (from the golden-yellow flesh; Gr. 



chrusos, gold, entera, inward parts) a b c. 



P. convex to plane or slightly depressed, yellowish, umber or 

 crimson-brownish over tan, often cracked, interstices crimson- 

 red. St. equal, fibroso-striate, tan-white or buff, speckled 

 crimson or sulphur above, spotted and streaked below, base 

 umber. T. sulphur to yellow-olive. Po. somewhat large, 

 angular. Flesh yellow-white, pale rose under pellicle of P., 

 pale blue near T. 



Edible. Woods, mixed, beech, hedges, open ground ; common. July-Nov. 

 3^ X 2g x in. Var. nanus Mass. P. olive. St. yellow above, crimson 

 below. Flesh changing to red when cut. P. i in. in diam. 



1473. B. sanguineus With, (from the blood-red pileus ; sanguis, 



blood) a b. 



P. pulvinate, dry, almost velvety. St. equal, rose above, some- 

 times reticulated crimson, tan or orange below, clouded 

 crimson. T. adnate to subdecurrent, dull ochre to bright or 

 olive-yellow. Flesh yellowish-white, changing to blue. 



Woods ; rare. July-Sept. 4 X 3^ X in. Pileus sometimes 9 in. in diam., 

 sometimes very small. 



1474. B. subtomentosus L. (from the somewhat tomentose pileus) 



a b c. 

 P. pulvinato-expanded, umber or yellowish-umber, sometimes 



with a red line at marg., often cracked, interstices yellow. 



St. equal, ribbed-sulcate, slightly scabrous, bright yellow, 



sometimes clouded crimson. T. rounded-adnate, bright 



yellow, shaded pale olive-umber. Po. large, angular. Flesh 



whitish-yellow, sparingly changing to blue. 

 Woods, mixed, oak, beech, sometimes from interior of beech-nuts ; common. 



July-Nov. 3! x 3^ X in. Pileus sometimes 7^ in. in diam. Var. 



radicans Mass. P. olive-ochre. St. fusiform, colour as P. T. colour as P. 



Taste insipid to bitter. 



1475. B. spadieeus Fr. (from the date-brown colour of the pileus; 



spadix, a palm branch) a b. 



P. pulvinate, rich yellowish-sienna, clouded red-brown or vinous. 

 St. equal to clavate, flocculoso-furfuraceous, whitish- or pale 

 luminous-yellow, olive-shaded above, clouded umber and 



