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The pileus is conwx, thick, sott uiilI somewhat spongy, especially 

 ill hir^e plants. The cap is dry and sometimes, especially when 

 young, it is powdery; at other times, and in a majority of cases 

 according to my observations, it is not powdery, it is smooth or 

 miiuitfly tonu'iUose, sometimes the surface cracked into small patches, 



Jbici kp: iOj. — Boletus rctipes. Ca|) yellowish brown, to olive-brown or nearly black, 

 stem yellow, beautifully reticulate, tubes yellow (natural size). Copyright i<)00. 



but usually even. The color \aries greatly between yellowish 

 brown to olive brown, fuliginous or nearly black. The lubes are 

 yellow, adnate, the tube surface plane or conve.x. The spores are 

 yellowish or ochraceous, varying somewhat in tint in different spec- 

 imens. The stem is vellow, vellow also within, and beautifullv retic- 



