320 POLYPORACEiE Boletus 



1461. B. granulatus L. (from the granulate pores and stem) a b c. 

 P. convex, obtuse, luminous- or cinnamon-yellow, covered with 



claret-brown, vinous or rich sienna gluten. St. white-sulphur 

 above, brownish below, scabrous with honey-coloured granules. 

 T. pale sulphur to orange. Po. simple, exuding a thin gummy 

 juice which dries in granules. Flesh pale sulphur. 



Commonly gregarious, sometimes crespitose. Odour rank, heavy, disagree- 

 able, like that of 410. Woods, fir; rare. July-Nov. 3§ x i\ X § in. 

 Sometimes springing from yellow mycelium. Much eaten by squirrels. 



1462. B. tenuipes Mass. (from the slender stem ; tener, slender, 



pes, a foot) a b. 



P. convexo-pulvinate, smooth, becoming minutely nbrillose, 

 slightly to very viscid, red- or rose-purplish over yellow, or 

 red-buff, shaded Indian red. St. attenuate downwards, some- 

 what striate above, slightly to very viscid, yellow, vinous in 

 mid., becoming rufescent, or pale yellow above to gradually 

 vinous below. T. large, angular, bright yellow. Flesh pale 

 vinous under pellicle, white in mid., pale buff- vinous in St. 



Taste mild. Woods. Oct. if X 2§ x f in. 



1463. B. bovinus L. (from the buff-reddish colour of the pileus, as 



of the ox, bos) a b c. 

 P. convex to expanded, buff, rose-buff or orange-buff, membrane 

 of P., involute and overlapping the tubes. St. equal, even, 

 ochre-rose or pale buff, rhubarb tinted at base. T. decurrent, 

 ochre, olive-ochre or rose- or yellow-buff. Po. compound. 

 Flesh pale buff, sometimes changing to cobalt. 



Gregarious, subccespitose. Taste mild ; odour pleasant. Woods, chiefly 

 pine ; uncommon. Sept.-Nov. 4J x 2§ x h in. 



1463a. B. pusio Howse ex B. & Br. (from its small size ; fiusio, a 

 little boy) a. 

 P. hemispherical, pulvinate, pulverulent, reddish-buff. St. slightly 

 thickened downwards, plicate, pulverulent, dull yellowish-white, 

 white above, becoming blackish. T. dull sulphur-white. 



1464. B. badius Fr. (from the colour ; badius, bay-brown) a b c. 



P. pulvinate to flat, villoso-viscid, claret-brown, umber or dark 

 Indian-red-brown. St. equal or subclavate, pruinate, minutely 

 granular, lighter than P. and streaky. T. adnate to slightly 

 sinuate, whitish dull olive. Po. angular. Flesh rose under 

 pellicle of P., cobalt over T. 



Single or crespitose. Woods, chiefly pine ; frequent. Aug. -Nov. 

 5 X 4 X if in. 



1465. B. paludosus Mass. (from growing in bogs, paludes) a b. 



P. convex to flat, glabrous, dark burnt-sienna or vinous red- 

 sienna ; mid. darker, paler when dry. St. attenuate downwards, 

 smooth, paler than P., or burnt-sienna with crimson, or dull 



