Fungi with Pores — Boletaceae 



Boletus scaber 



Cap — Smooth, viscid when moist, or minutely woolly, velvety, or 

 scaly. 1-5 inches wide. Colour ranges from nearly white 

 to almost black. 



Tubes — Free from the stem, white, long. Mouths minute. 



Flesh— \M\\\ie. 



Stem — Long, ground colour whitish, roughened with blackish 

 brozvn or reddish dots or scales. 3-5 inches long. 



Habitat — Common in woods, swampy and open places. 



Orange-cap Boletus 



Boletus versipellis 



Cap — Orange red. i-d inches wide. Dry, minutely woolly, 

 then scaly or smooth. Margin edged with the remains of 

 the veil. 



Flesh — White or greyish. 



Tubes — Long. Mouths minute. Greyish white. 



Stem — Solid ; white scaly wrinkles. Whitish colour. 3-5 

 inches long. 



Habitat — Woods and open places. 



Chestnut Boletus 



Boletus castaneus 



Cap — Dry, minutely velvety. Cinnamon or reddish brown. 1-3 



inches broad. 

 Flesh— y\l\\\te. 



Tubes — White, becoming yellow. Short, and free from the stem. 

 Stem — Clothed and coloured like the cap. i-2>2 inches high. 

 Habitat — Woods and open places. 



Boletus eximius 



,Cap — Purplish brown or chocolate colour, fading to smoky red 



or pale chestnut. 3-10 inches broad. 

 Flesh — Greyish or reddish white. 



Tubes — Resembling the cap in colour. Mouths minute. 

 Stetn — Stout, covered with a meal-like powder. Colour resembling 



the cap, grey tinged with purple within. 2-4 inches long. 

 Habitat — Woods. 



Sca'-ber Ver-sK-pel'-lTs Cas-ta'-ne-us Ex-Km'4-iis 



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