252 POLTPOREI. 



705. Boletus bovinus. L, " Shallow-pored Boletus." 



Pileus nearly plane, smooth, viscid, reddisli -grey ; stem equal, 

 even, self-coloured ; tubes subdecnrrent, angular, compound, 

 greyisli-yellow, then ferruginous.— -F?'. Epicr.'p.^W. Lenz.f. 38. 

 Kromlh. t. 75, f. 1-G. FL Dan. 1. 1018. IIuss. i. t. 34. Eng. Fl. 

 Y.p.Ud. Fl. Bomss. t. 378. 



Heathy fir woods. Sept. [United States.] 



Gregarious, fasciculate. Pileus 1-2| in. broad ; wlien young hemispheri- 

 cal, margin white and tomentose. disc and top of the stem purplish, base 

 rhubarb-coloured ; when full-grown convex, expanded ; margin still turned 

 in, very glutinous, dull orange-yellow, or deep buff; flesh tinged with the 

 colour of the pileus, not changeable. Tubes resembling the pores of Jferidius 

 laehrymans, very shallow (i of an inch), coinpormd, dirty yellow, not 

 easily separating from the pileus. Stem 2-3 in. high, ^-f in. thick, subto- 

 mentose, not diffused gradually but rather abruptly into the pileus, of the 

 same colour, but streaked with watery lines, attenuated below, or sxabequal ; 

 bulbous when very young. Spores elliptic. Smell strong, like Mara!<rrnHs 

 oreades. — M. J. B. Spores spindle-shaped, dingy green ochre, '0003 X '00015 

 in. 



706. Boletus badius. Fr. " Bay Boletus." 



Pileus pulvinate, soft, viscid, bay-tawny; stem solid, nearly 

 equal, even, paler, brownish pruinose ; tubes adnate, sinuate or 

 depressed, rather large, angular, dingy, yellowish-white, then 

 greenish. — Fr. Epicr.p. 411. Lenz.f. 35. Kromhh. t. 36,/. 12-18. 

 Ann. N.H. no. 804. Fl. Boruss. f. 379. 



In pine woods. Rare. 



Pileus viscid in wet, shining in dry weather, flesh turning partially blue. 



707. Boletus sanguineus. With. " Blood-red Boletus." 



Pileus convexo-plane, even, smooth, viscid, blood-red ; stem 

 equal, even, variegated with yellow and red; tubes adnate, broad, 

 unequal, orange-yellow. — Fj\ Epicr.p. 4:12. Sow.t. 225. B.sub- 

 tomentosus, var. /3. Ei^. Fl. Y.p. 150. 



In woods. Rare. 



Pileus crimson, semiglobular, f-H over ; when old rich brown, nearly 3 in. 

 over, and the edge turning up. Flesh white, a little tinged with crimson 

 next to the skin, changing slowly to a bluish cast when wounded. Stem 

 blotches or streaks of dilute crimson on a yellow ground, apparently twisted, 

 1-2^ in. high, nearf in. diameter. In the larger specimens the base is bul- 

 bous. — With. 



708. Boletus piperatus. Bull. " Peppery Boletus." 



Pilous convexo-plane, smooth, slightly viscid, yellow,, inclining 

 to reddish-grey ; stem slender, even, fragile, yellow wdthin, and 



