Genus Boletus 



Purple Boletus 



Boletus piirpureus 



Cap — Dry, velvety. Purple red. 



Flesh— Changing to blue, and then to dark yellow in the young 



plant. 

 Tubes — Yellow or greenish yellow. Mouths minute, orange 



tinged with purple, changing to blue where wounded. 

 Siem — Stout, with purple veins or dots. Apex sometimes covered 



with a network. Yellow, reddish within. 

 Habitat — Woods. 



Boletus Satanus 



Cap — Smooth, somewhat sticky. 

 Pale brown or whitish. 

 3-8 inches broad. 



Fiesh — Whitish, becoming red- 

 dish or violet when 

 wounded. l^ery poison- 

 ous. 



Tubes — Yellow. Mouths bright- 

 red, becoming orange. 



Stem — Thick, swollen, marked 

 above with a red netv/ork. 

 2-^ inches long. 



Habitat — Woods. 



B. Satanus 



Bitter Boletus 



Boletus felleus 



C«/— Smooth, pale yellowish, greyish brown, yellowish brown, 



reddish brown, or chestnut. 3-8 inches broad. 

 Fksh — White, changing to flesh colour when bruised. Taste 



bitter. 

 Tubes — White, becoming flesh colour. Mouths angular. Adnata 



to the stem. 

 Ste7n — Covered with network. Colour similar to the cap. 2-4 



inches long. 

 Habitat — Woods and open places. 



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