120 MUSHROOMS. 



Brawn. 



nate, plane or concave, the mouths small or 

 middle size, a clear yellow. Stem 2 to 4 

 inches long, 4 to 6 lines broad, subequal, dis- 

 tinctly and beautifully reticulated, yellow with- 

 out and within. In woods and open places. 



BOLETUS BREVIPES = short and foot. 

 The Short-stemmed Boletus. 



Cap dark chestnut color, \\ to 2 \ inches 

 broad, thick, convex, covered with a tough 

 gluten, margin inflexed, flesh white or yellow- 

 ish. Tubes short, nearly plane, adnate, or 

 slightly depressed around the stem, small, white 

 and afterward dingy ochraceous. Stem \ to 

 1 inch long, 3 to 5 lines thick, whitish, very 

 short, not dotted, or rarely with a few incon- 

 spicuous dots at the edge. This plant was 

 found in October, and looked as if it rested upon 

 the ground, the stem was so short ; the cap was 

 covered with gluten. 



LEPIOTA PROCERA = tall. 

 The Tall Lepiota. 



Cap reddish-brown, 3 to 6 inches broad, 

 fleshy ; when young egg-shaped, and then 

 campanulate, and flattening out with a broad, 



