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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EAST 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  Another 
  species 
  of 
  Boletus 
  (B. 
  scaber) 
  is 
  very 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  woods, 
  but, 
  though 
  esculent, 
  does 
  not 
  enjoy 
  so 
  

   good 
  a 
  reputation 
  as 
  the 
  last. 
  The 
  tubes 
  are 
  white 
  or 
  

   dingy, 
  the 
  stem 
  rather 
  tough, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  inferior 
  in 
  

   respect 
  of 
  size, 
  smell, 
  and 
  flavour 
  to 
  Boletus 
  edulis. 
  

  

  Boletus 
  castaneus, 
  a 
  small 
  species 
  with 
  a 
  velvety, 
  

   cinnamon-coloured 
  pilens 
  and 
  stem, 
  short, 
  white, 
  and 
  

   afterwards 
  yellowish 
  tubes, 
  and 
  white 
  unchanging 
  flesh, 
  

   is 
  rarely 
  found 
  in 
  woods, 
  and 
  although 
  eaten 
  on 
  the 
  

   Continent, 
  is 
  of 
  inferior 
  flavour. 
  

  

  An 
  elegant 
  Boletus 
  (B. 
  elegans) 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  woods, 
  

   especially 
  of 
  firs, 
  which 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  brilliant 
  

   golden-yellow 
  tint, 
  and 
  its 
  pilous 
  being 
  viscid 
  in 
  moist 
  

   weather 
  ; 
  the 
  flesh 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  and 
  though 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  eatable, 
  is 
  certainly 
  not 
  worthy 
  of 
  recom- 
  

   mendation. 
  

  

  Two 
  other 
  species 
  (B. 
  impolitus 
  and 
  B. 
  aestivalis), 
  

   also 
  found 
  in 
  woods 
  or 
  woodland 
  pastures, 
  have 
  the 
  

   reputation 
  of 
  being 
  wholesome. 
  The 
  latter 
  we 
  have 
  

   seen 
  growing 
  freely 
  in 
  Darenth 
  Wood, 
  Kent 
  ; 
  the 
  flesh 
  

   is 
  firm, 
  of 
  a 
  nutty 
  flavour 
  when 
  raw, 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  

   despised 
  when 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  table. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  advisable 
  to 
  caution 
  all 
  who 
  are 
  incx- 
  

   perienced 
  in 
  collecting 
  Boleti 
  for 
  alimentary 
  purposes, 
  

   and 
  who 
  may 
  yet 
  desire 
  to 
  make 
  trial 
  of 
  them, 
  that 
  

   numerous 
  species 
  of 
  Boletus 
  are 
  common 
  to 
  Great 
  

   Britain, 
  and 
  'several 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  unwholesome, 
  some 
  

   decidedly 
  poisonous. 
  If 
  upon 
  cutting 
  or 
  bruising 
  any 
  

   specimen, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  change 
  colour, 
  it 
  should 
  

   be 
  rejected. 
  Pome 
  species 
  become 
  blue 
  almost 
  immc- 
  

  

  