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GUIDE TO THE MODELS OF FUNGI. 



126. Boletus luridus Schosff. — Pileus dark brown, tomentose, at 

 length somewhat viscous, pulvinate ; flesh yellow, often red at the 

 base of the stem, quickly changing to dark blue on being cut or 

 broken ; tubes free, j^ellow, at length green ; pores round, dull 

 scarlet, becoming dull scarlet-orange; stalk somewhat long, stout, 

 frequently' enlarged below, orange-red or orange-brown, commonl}' 

 rough with dots or coarse reticulations. 



B. luridus is an ally of B. Satanas, very common in woods and 

 woody places. Taste not unpleasant. Said to be poisonous, but 

 sold as an esculent in the markets of Prague under the name 

 Kowar, and frequently eaten in Vienna under the name Schuster. 



127. Boletus versipellis Fr. — Pileus constantly rufous, pulvinate, 

 dry, at first compact and velvety, then scaly and even, with fragments 

 of the annular, membranaceous veil; tubes free, plane, minute, dingy 

 white ; pores grey ; stalk solid, attenuated upwards, wrinkled-scaly. 



A common fungus in woods, woody places, and on heaths. 



128. Boletus scaber Fr. — Pileus pulvinate, smooth, viscid when 

 moist, brown, varying orange or red, rarely black or white, rugulose 

 or rivulose, margin at first cortinate ; tubes free, convex, white, then 

 dingy ; pores white, minute, round — the whole plant generally 

 changes to a slaty-brown hue on being cut or broken ; stalk solid, 

 long, attenuated upwards, rough and granular with dark particles. 



Generally large in size, easily recognised, and one of the 

 commonest inhabitants of woods from summer till early winter. 



Edible. This is the Porcinello (liule pig) or Albarello of 

 Italian markets. 



The orange-red variety is often confounded with B. versipellis, 

 which has a constantly rufous, dry, and tomentose pileus. 



GENUS XIV.—FISTULINA Bull. 



^/ v~v There is but a single British species 



'■'X of Fi^iulina. It is distinguished from Poly- 

 'JJ^ porus by the tubes being slightly distinct 

 mssB:=^^yjD from each other and not longitudinally ad- 

 pressed and conjoined. 



129. Fistulina hepatica Fr, Beef- 

 steak Fungus. — Pileus dark crimson-brown, 

 resembling liver; flesh thick, roundish, 

 dimidiate, tongue-shaped, juicy, traversed 

 by tenacious fibres, variegated flesh-colour 

 and crimson, slicing like beef-steak ; tubes 

 convex, distilling a pellucid juice, at first 

 Fig. 46.-Fistuiina hepatica Kr. pallid, then flcsh-coloured Of ochraccous- 



(Oncfiflh naluial size.) 



carnation. 

 F. hepatica is common on living oaks, less so on the trunks 

 of the willow, beech, walnut, chestnut, and ash. Imbricated and 



