126 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 



(165.) BOLETUS FRAGRANS ; The Scented Bolet. 



Habitat. In woods, especially under oaks. Solitaiy. 



Season. August to October. Uncommon. 



Pileus. Two to six inches across, bronze-umber, tomentose, 

 scabrous ; convex, pulvinate, sub-repand. Margin inflexed. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, brown, perhaps splashed with 

 red and yellow, scabrous, even, incrassate. 



Pores. Yellow, then greenish, small. 



Section. Flesh thickish, white, blueing brightly. Stem stuffed. 

 Tubes greenish, small, close, cylindrical, nearly free. Sweet 

 scented. Taste good. Spores pale greenish yellow. 



Ohs, A tasty and pleasant edible. I found it in a parcel of dried Bolets 

 which lately reached me from Russia, together with B. edulis, B. granulatus, 

 B. scaber, and other species. I may add that Russians seem to like their 

 mushrooms maggoty, just as we like our Stilton " all alive." — W, D. H. 



(166.) BOLETUS GRANULATUS; The Sprinkled Bolet. 



Habitat. Among grass under firs. Scattered. 



Season. August to October. Not very common. 



Pileus. Two to four inches across, bright bay brown, very 

 slimy ; at first hemispherical, then convex, expanded, plane, 

 uneven and undulate. Margin at first incurved and sub- 

 torn entose. 



Stem. One to two inches high, yellowish, covered with milky 

 drops which dry into sugary granules, scabrous, finely tomentose, 

 thick, neai'ly equal, naked, rooting. 



Pores. Whitish and milky at first, soon yellow and granulose, 

 compound. 



Section. Flesh thick, whitish, unchanging. Stem stuffed. 

 Tubes short, simple, small, yellow, adnate. Odour unpleasant. 

 Taste sour. Spores tawny yellow. 



Obs. This is an esculent, though not of first-class quality. It is variable, 

 but well marked.— IF. D. H. 



(167.) BOLETUS IMPOLITUS; The Dingy Bolet. 

 Habitat. Woodsides, under oaks and beeches. In twos and 

 threes. 



Season. August to October. Common. 



Pileus. Three to six inches across, gi-eyish or brown, fiocculose 



