briiiht iioldt'ii vcllow cat), vcllowisli flesli, jiiid a more sleiulor Uut 

 similarly dcttted stem. 



Dr. Cooke says that the < Iranulatcd Itolctiis has fiivi-ii him the 

 greatest satisfactimi as an cdililc species, and that he })refers it to 

 the Edihle boletus, or indeed to any other speeics that he has 

 eaten. 



X\l. \>\l\ IIOLKTI, i'OLVl'OUl A.\l) KISIT LI X A. 



The Rouijh stem or Seabroiis-stein boletus, Boletus scaher, is 

 our most common species. Its cap varies in color from white to 

 a dark brown or almost black. It is most often some shade of 

 ^ray, varying- to brick-red or pale orange. Its shape also varies 

 from broadlv and blnntlv conical to convex or flat above, while 

 its surface may be smooth or minutely downy or even obscurely 

 scaly. Tts {Icsh is wliite or whitish. Loth it and tlie mass of 



pores sometimes assuming 

 )iiikish or blackish hues where 

 bruised or wounded. The 

 )ore stratum is at first whit- 

 ish, becoming dingy brown 

 with age. The pores are 

 (ptite long, and the mass is 

 convex below and muchshort- 



Boh'tiiH scaltiT. 



U. crllllis. 



ened or depressed around the 

 top of the stem. The stem is 

 rather long, often narrowed 

 at or toward the top, solid, 

 whitish, and dotted with nu- 

 merous snudl fibrous scales or 

 points whifdi are reddish or 

 blackish, and which are so 

 small as to give a rough, dotted appearance to the stem. Some- 

 tiii'c- scales of both c(dors are seen on the same stem. This 

 character is a peculiar one, and easily separates this species and 

 the next from all their fellows. 



The ])lant having a white cap was first considered a distinct 

 species and named Boletus iiivcus, hut was aftenvards made a va- 

 riety of the Kough-stem boletus. It is sometimes still regarded as 

 distinct. It is rare in this State. 



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