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Fores. Dingy yellow, eventually dusky brown. 



Section. Flesli dingy, unchangeable, thick. Stem solid. Tubes 

 very shallow, tint of pores, angular, compound, irregular, sub- 

 decurrent. Odour aromatic. Taste bland. Spores dingy gi'een. 



Ohs. It has been suspected, but seems quite wholesome. Young specimens 

 only should be eaten. — W. D. H. 



(158.) BOLETUS CASTANEUS; The Chestnut Bolet. 



Habitat. On the ground in woods. Solitary. 



Season. August to October. Not common. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, chestnut or cinnamon, 

 velvety-tomentose, opaque ; convex, expanding, pulvinate, slightly 

 depressed, firm. 



Stem. Short, tint of pileus, soft, unequal, swollen, bent, irre- 

 gular, not stout, naked. 



Pores. Whitish, then yellow. 



Section. Flesh white, unchanging, soft, floccose. Stem stuffed, 

 soon hollow. Tubes yellow, short, cylindrical, narrow, free. 

 Odour slight. Taste pleasant. Spores yellow. 



Obs. An agreeable esculent, but soft, and liable to early decay. — W. D. H. 



(159.) BOLETUS CHRYSENTERON ; The Red-crack Bolet. 



Habitat. In woods, parks, pastures, etc. Solitary. 



Season. July to October. Common. 



Pileus. Two to four inches across, dull brown, rimose and 

 stained with bright crimson, finely tomentose ; convex, pulvinate, 

 at length almost plane. 



Stem. Two to four inches high, yellowish, streaked and splashed 

 with red, not thick, bent, rigid, fibrillose, sub-incrassate below. 



Pores. Greenish-yellow. 



Section. Flesh thickish, pale yellow, red under cuticle, blueing 

 where cut. Stem stuffed. Tubes greenish -yellow, large, angular, 

 unequal, adnexed. Odour slight. Taste bland. Spores brownish- 

 yellow. 



Ohs. In chapter vii. The blueing is often hardly perceptible. It seems to 

 depend on the weather. Of good quality. — IF. D. H. 



(160.) BOLETUS CYANESCENS ; The Blue Bolet. 

 Habitat. Bare woods and wastes. Solitary. 



