TUBE-BEARING FUNGI. 



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The pileus is u)iive.\ to lu-aily expanded, flat 

 very viscid and reddish 

 brown, paler and yellow- 

 ish when it is dry, but 

 very variable in cohtr, 

 pink, red, \'ellow, tawn>', 

 and brown shades, Tiie 

 tli-sli is pale \' el low. 

 The tubes are joined 

 squarely to the stem, 

 short, yellowish, and the 

 edges of the tubes, that 

 is, at the open end (often ^ 

 called the mouth), are ^• 

 dotted or granulated. ^ 

 The stem is dotted in the 

 same way above. The 

 spores in mass are pale 

 >-ellow ; singly they are 

 spindle-shaped. 



The species is edible, 

 though some say it should 

 be regarded with sus- 

 picion. Peck has tried 

 it, and 1 have eaten it, 

 but the viscid character 

 of the plant did not make 

 it a relish for me. There 

 are several species 

 closely related to the 

 granulated Boletus. B. 

 hrrcipi's Pk., is one, 

 chiefly distinguished by 

 the short stem, which 

 entirely lacks the gland- 

 ular dots, it grows in 

 sandv soil, in pine groves 

 and in woods. 



Boletus punctipes Pk. — 

 This species has been re- 

 ported from New York 

 State b\- Peck. During 



When moist it is 



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