254 POLYPOEEI. 



unequal, minute, brownish cinnamon, then pallid. — Fr. Epicr. p. 

 413. Lenz.f.^'d. Krombh. t. 34:,/. 16-lS, t.76 J. 7 -U. Schceff.t. 

 115? Eng.Fl.Y.2J.lhO. 



In pine woods. Aug. Sept. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Pileus 3 in. or more broad, convex, fasciculato-squamose ; scales small, 

 tawny-yellow; flesh changing to blue when cut; margin tomentose, sub- 

 involute ; tubes very narrow, dull-yellow, blue when bruised, adnate, re- 

 sembling somewhat those of B. hovinus ; stem 3 in. high, f in. thick, granu- 

 lato-pulverulent, very neat, firm, yellow, obtuse. Smell unpleasant, taste 

 not so. — M.J.B. Spores oval, very small, greenish ochre, *0001 X "00017 in. 



712. Boletus striaepes. Sec. " Striate Boletus." 



Pileus convex, then plane, soft, silky, olivaceous; cuticle fer- 

 ruginous within ; stem firm, curved, yellow, with blackish-brown 

 stride; base brownish-rufous; tubes minute, angular, greenish, 

 orifice yellow. — Fr.Epicr.p.A.lh. Batt. t. 29 c. 



In woods. Eare. Coed Coch. 



Stem dirty -yellow, dotted under a lens with broad bay lines. Flesh white, 

 red near the cuticle, sparingly changing to blue. — M. J. B. 



713. Boletus chrysenteron. Fr. " Eed-cracked Boletus." 



Pileus convexo-plane, soft, floccoso-squamose, brownish, in- 

 clining to brick-red ; flesh yellow, red beneath the cuticle; stem 

 nearly equal, rigid, fibroso-striate, scarlet or yellow ; tubes sub- 

 adnate, rather large, angular, unequal, greenish-yellow. — Fr. 

 Epicr. p. 415. Bull. t. 490, /. 3. Krombh. t. 76. Ann. N.H. no. 

 339. Corda. Sturm, t.l. Batt. t. 30. E. Huss.i.t.b. B . suhtomen- 

 tosus, Eng. Fl. Y.p. 150, in part. 



In meadows, woods, &c. Common. [Mid. and Up. Carolina.] 



When the pileus is cracked, the cracks are red. Pileus 2-3 in. or more 

 broad, variable, of some shade of red, olive, or yellow, pulvinate, minutely 

 downy; cuticle often cracked, interstices reddish; flesh white or yellowish, 

 changing slightly to blue ; stem 3 in. high, 5-^ in. thick, yellowish, more or 

 less streaked with red, often crooked. Spores spindle-shaped, pale warm 

 brown, "0005 X '00017 in. 



714. Boletus subtomentosus. L. " Yellow-cracked Boletus." 



Pileus pulvinate, expanded, soft, dry, villoso-tomentose, some- 

 what olive, not discoloured under the cuticle ; stem stout, un- 

 equal, sulcate and ribbed, rough, punctate, yellow ; tubes adnate, 

 broad, angular, of the same colour. — Fr. Epicr. p. 415. Nees.f. 

 206. Lenz.f. 36, 37. Scha^ff. 1. 112. Krombh. t. 37, f. 8-11, t. 48, 

 /. 1-6. Fl. Dan. 1. 1074. Price, f. 2. Batt. t. 30. F. Eng. Fl. y.p. 

 150, in part. 



