BOLETUS. 169 



gluten, pulvinate, compact. Stem yellow becoming- fuscous, Boletus. 

 reticulated above the dirty light yellow, membranaceous, fuga- 

 cious ring. Tubes adnate; pores angular, yellow. 



Firm. Distinguished from B. luteus, which is like it, by the larger angular 

 pores. 



In mixed woods. Common. June-Oct. 



Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 12-18 



mm. (6-9 lin.) thick. Spores spindle-shaped, yellowish-brown, 8x4 mk. 



U'.G.S. ytame—Jlavus, light yellow. With.—Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 497. 



Berk. Out. p. 230. C. Hbk. u. 702. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 665. Bolt. t. 169. 



Sow. t. 265. Kl. Linn. vii. t. 198. 



4. B. flavidus Fr.— Pileus 2.5-5 cent - ( l ~ 2 in broad, livid- 

 light-yellowish, gibbous then plane, viscous ; flesh pallid. Stem 

 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, thin, 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) thick, some- 

 what equal, pallid, sprinkled with fugacious glandules above the 

 entirely, viscous ring. Tubes decurrent ; pores large, angular, 

 compound, dirty light yellow. 



Thin. Quite distinct from its allies, more slender, and differing from all of 

 them in the veil, which is entirely glutinous. 



In pine woods. Rannoch. Sept. 



Spores elongato-ellipsoid, straight, subhyaline, 8-10x3.5-4 mk. K. Name 

 —flavidus, light yellowish. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 498. Syst. Myc. i. p. 387. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 666. — Pcrs. Myc. Eur. 2. t. 20. /. 1-3. Kroiubh. t. 4. / 



35-37- 



5. B. collinitus Fr. — Pileus becoming pale when the fuscous 

 gluten separates, pulvinate, even ; flesh white. Stem firm, at- 

 tenuated downwards, ringless, white becoming fuscous, somewhat 

 reticulated with adpressed squamules. Tubes adnate, elongated ; 

 pores divided in two, pallid then yellow, naked. 



It resembles B. luteus in stature and colour. 



In fir woods. Ascot. Nov. 



Name — colliuo, to besmear. From the gluten. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 498. 

 B. & Br. n. 1284. — Krombh. t. 76./. 10, 11? 



6. B. granulatus Linn.— Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, 

 fuscous ferruginous with the gluten with which it is smeared, 

 yellowish when the gluten separates, convexo-expanded ; flesh 

 light yellowish. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) and more long, 6-12 mm. 

 (3-6 lin.) thick, ringless, light yellowish, dotted with granules 

 upwards. Tubes adnate, short; pores simple, granulated. 



Commonly gregarious. The stem is often attenuated upwards. 



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