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or granulose, rimulose ; convex, pulvinate, expanded, dilate, 

 uneven. Margin thick, rounded. 



Stevi. Some two inches high, dirty white, stout, rigid, even, 

 rugulose, cylindrical, swollen below, naked. 



Fores. Lemon yellow, large, alveolate. 



Section. Flesh thick, compact, white, blueing dingily. Stem 

 solid. Tubes greenish, long, large, unequal, adnexed. Odour 

 slight. Taste good. Spores greenish. 



Ohs. In chapter vii. It is not unlike the brown B. edulis, and is of abaost 

 as good quality. — W. D. H. 



(168.) BOLETUS LUTEUS ; The Collared Bolet. 



Habitat. In woods, generally fir and pine woods. In small 

 groups. 



Season. August to October. Common. 



Pileus. Three to four inches across, dingy yellow or brown, per- 

 haps tawny and streaked with red, viscid ; unequally convex, 

 pulvinate, smooth, soft, sleek. 



Stem. Two to four inches high, white, then brownish, not 

 stout, flexuose, punctate and scabrous above, pruinose below. King 

 large, patent. 



Pores. Dull yellow, small, round. 



Section. Flesh fii'm, thick, white, unchanging, at length 

 yellowish and soft. Stem stuffed. Tubes dull yellow, minute, 

 round, simple, adnate. Odour mouldy. Taste rather tart. Spores 

 brownish yellow. 



Obs. An esculent of inferior quality, best adapted for boiling down into soup. 

 —W.'D. H. 



(169.) BOLETUS PACHYPUS ; The Big-stem Bolet. 



Habitat. On high ground in woods. Singly or in groups. 



Season. July to October. Common. 



Pileus. Four to eight inches across, pale tan or clay-brown, 

 dry, sub-tomentose ; pulvinate, bulging, uneven. Margin depressed, 

 blunt. 



Stem. Three to four inches high, clay-colour, variegated with 

 red, very thick and bulbous, unequal, finn, reticulate, naked. 



Pores. Primrose, soon dull yellow. 



Section. Flesh thick, white, compact, blueing slightly. Stem 



