﻿OF 
  BRITISH 
  FUNGI. 
  77 
  

  

  diately 
  upon 
  wounding. 
  Those 
  with 
  reddish 
  stems, 
  or 
  

   with 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  tubes, 
  i. 
  e. 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  

   the 
  pileuSj 
  red 
  or 
  crimson, 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  rejected. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  B. 
  satanas, 
  the 
  very 
  name 
  of 
  which 
  

   conveys 
  suspicion, 
  should 
  be 
  guarded 
  against. 
  It 
  is 
  

   occasionally 
  found 
  in 
  woods. 
  The 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   pileus 
  appears 
  of 
  a 
  blood-red 
  colour, 
  as 
  also 
  the 
  stem. 
  

  

  The 
  spores 
  of 
  the 
  Boleti 
  may 
  be 
  collected 
  for 
  exami- 
  

   nation 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  as 
  already 
  described 
  for 
  the 
  

   Agarics. 
  In 
  many 
  instances 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  

   coloured, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  roseate 
  tint. 
  The 
  

   prevailing 
  colour 
  will 
  be 
  some 
  shade 
  of 
  pallid 
  or 
  reddish 
  

   brown, 
  white 
  being 
  the 
  exception 
  rather 
  than 
  the 
  rule. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Polyporus 
  has 
  the 
  pores 
  not 
  easily 
  sepa- 
  

   rable, 
  they 
  being 
  closely 
  packed 
  and 
  united 
  together. 
  

   The 
  substance 
  of 
  the 
  hymenophorum 
  descends 
  between 
  

   the 
  pores, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  called 
  the 
  trama. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  

   case 
  in 
  Boletus 
  ; 
  for 
  in 
  that 
  genus 
  the 
  hymenophorum 
  

   is 
  quite 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  pores. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  one, 
  and 
  contains 
  every 
  

   intermediate 
  texture 
  of 
  substance 
  from 
  succulence 
  or 
  

   pulpiness, 
  to 
  the 
  hardness 
  and 
  density 
  of 
  wood. 
  We 
  

   remember 
  a 
  slice 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  species 
  being- 
  

   sent 
  to 
  us 
  for 
  identification, 
  with 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  wood, 
  and 
  which 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  "some 
  kind 
  of 
  

   palm 
  wood/' 
  Forms 
  are 
  as 
  varied 
  as 
  texture, 
  and 
  colour 
  

   as 
  devious 
  as 
  form. 
  Some 
  have 
  stems 
  which 
  are 
  central, 
  

   others 
  that 
  are 
  lateral, 
  but 
  the 
  majority 
  are 
  without 
  

   stems 
  at 
  all. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  familiar 
  species 
  (P. 
  squamosa*) 
  of 
  those 
  

  

  