124 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 



Season. August to Octobor. Uncommon. 



Pileus. Two to four inches across, straw-colour, buff, tomentose ; 

 convex, expanding, plane, pulvinate. Margin acute, equal. 



Stem. Some two inches high, buff, apex constricted, middle 

 swollen, base even, brittle, not reticulate, villoso-pruinose. 



Pores. White, then primrose. 



Section. Flesh compact, thick, white, becoming instantly bright 

 blue. Juice blue. Stem stuffed, spongy. Tubes yellow, minut 

 round, equal. Odour slight. Taste good. Spores primrose. 



Oha. Quite wholesome, and a very fair comestible while young and tender. 

 — ir. D. II. 



(161.) BOLETUS EDULI3 ; The Dainty Bolet. 



Habitat. In pastures, parks, and woodlands. In twos and 

 threes. 



Season. July to October. Common. 



Pileus. Three to eight inches across, pale tan or buff, smooth or 

 sub-rugulose, moist in wet, sometimes rimose ; convex, expanded, 

 pulvinate. Margin infolded at first, whitish. 



Stem. Three to six inches high, white or buff-white, reticulate 

 above, stout, unequal, incrassate, naked. 



Pores. White at first, soon lemon yellow, finally greenish. 



Section. Flesh thick, compact, white, unchanging, stained red 

 under cuticle. Stem solid. Tubes greenish, minute, elongate, 

 nearly free. Odour faint. Taste sweet and nutty. Spores yellow- 

 green. 



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Var SYLVESTRIS. 



Grows more frequently in the shade of woods. Colour of pileus 



is dull brown or umber. Otherwise identical. 



Ohs. In chapter vii. A most excellent, plentiful, and commendable delicacy. 

 —W. D. H. 



(162.) BOLETUS ELEGANS ; The Elegant Bolet. 



Habitat. In and about plantations of fir. In twos and threes. 



Season. May to November. Common. 



Pileiis. Two to foui' inches across, bi'ight golden yellow, disc at 



