182 A CATALOGUE OF BRITISH POISONOUS FUNGI. 



Stem solid. Tubes small, yellow, adnata. Odourless. Taste 

 insipid. Spores yellow-brown. 



Obs. A species easily distinguished from other yellow-pored Bolets by the 

 thick scarlet stem. Eeveil reports it poisonous. It contains an irritant principle 

 in slight degree. — W. D. H. 



(XLIV.) BOLETUS ERYTHROPUS ; The Spotty-leg Bolet. 



Habitat. In woodlands. Solitaiy. 



Season. August to October. Uncommon. 



Pileus. Two or three inches across, reddish-tan or tawny-brown, 

 velvety-torn entose, slightly viscid in wet; convex, then plane, 

 scarcely pulvinate. 



Stem. Two to six inches high, drab, puTictate with red, not 

 stout or reticulate, sub-granulose above, nearly equal, naked. 



Pores. Dark red, round, rather small. 



Section. Flesh compact, thick, yellowish, blueing and partly 

 reddening on exposure. Tubes reddish-yellow, short, free. Stem 

 solid, red within below. Odour slight. Taste insipid. Spores 

 brownish. 



Ob$. Doubtfully poisonous. If really bo, but in slight degree. It is, how- 

 ever, generally reckoned to be a poisonous species, by most authorities. It 

 would probably be irritant. — IV. D. II. 



(XLV.) BOLETUS LURIDUS ; The Lurid Bolet. 



Habitat. In woodlands, parks, and pastures. Solitary, or 

 Bcattei'ed. 



Season. July to November. Common. 



Pileus. Two to six inches across, or more, olive-brown, brick- 

 red, or tawny, tint brightest in youth, at first sub-tomentose, 

 then smooth, clammy or viscid ; orbicular, soon pulvinate, convex, 

 expanded. 



Stem. Two to four inches high, yellow or rusty, blotched with 

 red, stout, unequal, smooth or tomentose, reticulate above. Base 

 bulbous. 



Pores. Red-brown, orange, or vermilion, small, round. 



Section. Flesh thick, compact, pallid or yellowish, quickly 

 blueing. Stem solid, tough. Tubes yellow-green, long, round, 

 simple, small, free. Odour faintly unpleasant. Taste insipid iu 

 youth, at length nauseous. Spores brownish-green. 



