Guide to the Mushrooms 139 



BOLETUS flavidus (Fr.) 



"Pale Yellow Boletus." 

 Cap. — 1 to 2 inches broad, gibbous, then plane, 

 viscid, yellow, dingy later; margin even, with par- 

 ticles of white veil often adhering, 



Fesh. — Pale yellow, thin. 



Tubes. — Extending down the stem (dccurrent), 

 large angular mouths, dingy yellow, separating eas- 

 ily from flesh of cap. 



Spores. — Oblong. 



Stem. — Slender, solid, colored like cap sprinkl- 

 ed with dingy dots above the sticky ring. 



Ri7ig. — Entire, white, sticky. 



Volva. — None. 



Or/or.— Mild. 



Taste.— M\\dL. 



Habitat. — Pine woods and swampy ground, quite 

 frequent, August and September. Common in 

 Eastern United States. 



Edible. 



BOLETUS americanus ( Pk. ) 



"American Boletus." 



Cap. — 1 to 3 inches broad, nearly plane, some- 

 times with slight umbo, viscid when moist, then 

 smooth, yellow becoming streaked with red in age; 

 margin even, thin, with remnants of webby veil ad- 

 hering to young specimens. 



