BOLETUS. 281 



pores subcircnlar, simple, with particles of a granulated 

 substance adhering to the dissepiments, about i^ mm. 

 diameter; stem about 2 in. long, ;^— 1 in. thick, subequal, 

 yellowish, granular with raised points towards the apex, 

 solid, flesh like that of the pileus, pale yellow, unchange- 

 able ; spores elongato-fusiform, yellowish, 12 x 3-4 /x. 



Boletus granulatus, Linn. Suec, n. 1249 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 251. 



Boletus ladiflims, Sowerby, t. 420. 



Amongst grass under trees, especially firs. The stem is 

 sometimes thinner above. Allied to Boletus liiteus, but 

 known by the absence of a ring on the stem. 



Gregarious, caespitose. Pileus 2 in. or more broad, 

 hemispherical, at first covered with a rufous-brown slime, 

 afterwards dirty rufous or yellowish; flesh thick, white or 

 yellowish, not changeable ; margin at first inflexed and 

 downy. Pores at first whitish, then lemon-coloured, com- 

 pound, the margin distilling a pale watery milk, which 

 when dried gives them a granulated appearance, at length 

 dirty yellow, adnate. Spores ochraceo-ferruginous ; stem 

 1 in. or more high, }y in. thick, generally short, but variable, 

 obtuse at the base, rooting, more watery than the pileus, 

 pale yellow above, white below, minutely tomentose and 

 granulated, at first covered with milky drops. (Berk.) 



A very variable species, but the very glutinous pileus 

 always the same colour, viz., a rich chestnut-brown ; tubes 

 and stem sulphur-colour, tubes exuding a thin gummy juice, 

 which soon dries in the form of sugary granules. Stem 

 rough, scabrous, as if covered with moist sugar. (W. G. 

 Smith.) 



Boletus tenuipes. Cooke. 



Pileus 1-2 in, across, convex then almost plane, yellowish- 

 brown or gilvous, viscid, streaked with minute fibrils when 

 dry, flesh thick in proportion, white, rosy under the cuticle ; 

 pores about \ in. long, shortened round the stem, but 

 adnate, openings rather large, angular, yellowish ; stem 

 3-3^- in. long, \ in. thick, even, attenuated at the base, 

 yellow, solid ; spores pale yellow, fusiform, 10 X 3 //.. 



Boletus granulatus, Fr., var. tenuipes, Cke., Grev. 1883, 

 p. 43. 



