124 POLYPOREI. 



Group IV. Calopodes. 

 Stem stout, at first bulbous, typically venose, reticulated. 

 Tubes adnate, their mouths not reddish. 



B. ornatipes. Pk. The Beautiful Boletus. 



Pileus, convex, firm, dry, glabrous, or very minutel}' 

 tomentose, grayish brown or yellowish brown, flesh yellow. 



Tubes, adnate, plane or concave, mouths small, clear 

 yellow. 



Stem, firm, beautifully reticulated, yellow without and 

 within. 



Spores, ochraceous brown, .00045 ^^ -00055 inch long, 

 .00016 to .0002 inch broad. 



This beautiful Boletus is found in several locahties in our Valley. Koch 

 Island. 



B. griseus. Frost. 



Pileus, broadly convex, firm, dry, subglabrous, gray or 

 grayish black, flesh whitish or gray. 



Tubes, adnate or slightly depressed around the stem, nearly 

 plane, their mouths small, subrotund, white or whitish. 



Stem, equal or slightly tapering upwards, distinctly reticu- 

 lated, whitish or yellowish. Sometimes reddish towards the 

 base. 



Spores, almost the same in color and size as the B. 

 ornatipes. 



This species is quite common in our Valley. You will meet with them 

 in quite a number of woods. It is difficult to get a specimen that is not 

 worm-eaten. Edible. 



Group V. Bdules, 



Tubes subfree, rounded, depressed around the stem, their 

 mouths not at first reddish, commonly white stuffed. Stem 



