PORE FUNGI 



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Boletus pallidus Pale Boletus 



Cap 3-lti cm. wide, pale or hrounish while, smooth, convex to plane or slightly 



depressed; flesh white; stem 7-12 1111. hy 1-i cm., whitish, sometimes with 



brownish streaks, smooth; tubes more or less acbiate, pale <jr faint yellowish, 



changin^i; to bbie when bruised; sport's \cllowish brouii. t-llipsoid. 10- 1 2 X 5-6/u,. 



rile name rt'fers to the color. 



( )n tlie u;rou!id in woods, summer and autumn; e.xcellent. 



Boletus bicolor Redyellow Boletus 



Cap 5-!t) (in. wide, dark red or red-brown, paler in a;^e and somewhat spotted 

 with \'ellow. smooth or somewhat powdered, conve.x ; flesh vellow, unchanging. 

 or changing slightly to blue wlu're bruised; stem 3-7 cm. bv <S-12 mm., red, more 

 or less yellow above, smooth, solid ; t u b e s adnate. briglit yellow, then ocher. slowlv 

 turning blue wliere bruised; spores yellow-brown, ellipsoid. \i)-\3 y 4-S/ji. The 

 name refers to the two colors of cap and stem. 



Common on the ground in woods, summer and autumn; one of the best of the 

 genus. 



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 Boletus versipellis Orange-red Boletus 



Cat) 5-20 cm. wide, orange-red or bright red-brown, smooth or somewhat downy 

 or scaly, not stickv. convex, usually with fragments of the veil at the margin when 

 voun-f; flesh white, with a tint of green; stem 7-20 cm. by 1-4 cm., whitish or 

 grayish, with irregular blackish lines or wrinkles, solid; tubes free or nearly so. 

 dull wliite or gray; spores pale yellowish, fusoid. 14-20 X 5-8/li. The name is 

 without obvious application. 



Common on the ground in open woods, summer and autumn ; excellent. 



