128 MUSHROOMS. 



Brown. 



BOLETUS AFFINIS = related. 

 The Related Boletus. 



Cap reddish-brown, fading to yellow, 2 to 4 

 inches broad, convex above and almost plane, 

 nearly smooth, flesh white. Tubes plane or 

 convex, adnate or slightly compressed around 

 the stem, at first white and stuffed, then yel- 

 lowish, turning to rusty ochraceous when 

 wounded. Stem 1J to 3 inches long, 4 to 8 

 lines thick, nearly equal, even, smooth, paler 

 than the cap. Our specimen had a few yellow- 

 ish spots on the cap, and is called Var. macu- 

 losus. (Edible.) 



PAXILLUS LEPTOPUS = thin and a foot. 

 The Thin-stemmed Paxillus. 



This is the only specimen of the genus Paxil- 

 lus that we have found. There is another 

 species, P. involutus, which Professor Peck 

 says is edible. Stevenson says that P. leptopus 

 is a remarkable species, that it is distinguished 

 from P. involutus by having the gills simple at 

 the base, not united by interlacing or transverse 

 veins (anastomosing) . Cap was a light brown- 

 ish-yellow; it varies from 1| to 3 inches in 



