A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BEITISH FUNGI. 129 



(172.) BOLETUS VERSIPELLIS; The Orange Bolet. 



Habitat. In woodlands. Solitary. 



Season. August to N"oveniber. Common. 



Pileus. Three to five inches across, tawny, or orange, or verm.i- 

 Hon, dry, at first tomentose, then smooth, perhaps sub-squamu- 

 lose ; hemispherical, then convex, rounded, pulvinate. Margin 

 thick, obtuse, in youth fimbriate with veil. 



Stem. Four to nine inches high, whitish-brown, tuberculose, 

 scabrous and corrugate, thick, rigid, unequal, straight, incrassate 

 downwards. 



Pores. Small, pulvinate, dingy white, edges rusty. 



Section. Flesh very thick, soft, white, reddening when old. 

 Stem stuffed, fibrous. Tubes minute, elongate, straight, whitish, 

 tinged with rust. Odourless. Taste good. Spores pale brown. 



Obs. In chapter vii. Closely allied to B. scaber. Both, if full grown, are 

 best if " sweated" with butter before being stewed. The Swiss prefer the stems 

 to the caps, scraping and slicing them longitudinally. — IV. D. H. 



(173.) BOLETUS VISCIDUS ; The Gummy Bolet. 



Habitat. In woods. Solitary. 



Season. August to October. Not common. 



Pileus. Three to four inches across, dingy yellow, smooth, very 

 viscid ; pulvinate, convex, rounded, soft. Margin fimbriate with 

 veil. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, whitish, dingy, not thick, 

 unequal, uneven, scabrous, rimose, reticulate, attenuate upward. 



Pores. Large, angular, dingy greenish yellow. 



Section. Flesh not thick, whitish, soft, slimy. Stem stuffed. 

 Tubes greenish, large, angular, adnate. Odour sickly. Taste 

 insipid. Spores greenish. 



Obs. Wholesome, but of very inferior quality. Useful for soups. — W. D. H. 



Genus FISTULINA. 



(174.) FISTULINA HEPATICA ; The Oaktongue. (PI. VII. 



fig. 2.) 

 Habitat. On trunks of old living oaks. Solitary. 

 Season. June to November. Common. 



Pileus. Two inches to two or three feet across, flesh pink to 

 blood-red, in age liver-colour, soft, clammy, viscid ; obtuse, unequal, 



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