258 POLYPOREI. 



first blood red. — Fr. Epicr. p. 417. Lenz. f. 33. Boq. t. 6. 



Krombh. t.3S. f. 1-6, HussA. t.7. Ann. N.H. no. 3t0. Smith. 



P.M. f. 21. \ 



In woods. Poisonous. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Pileus sometimes 8 in. across, commonly less, pulvinate, soft to the touch, 

 naked, dry, smooth, whitish, leather-buff or greenish, often shading into a 

 red tinge ; flesh solid, becoming soft, tender, and juicy, white, turning 

 reddish, then blue ; stem 2-3 in. high, thick, finely reticulated above, the 

 reticulations purple-crimson, often vanishing in age, the stem growing 

 streaked below. Spores rich brown, oval, or spindle-shaped, " 00047 X "00022 in. 



724. Boletus luzidus. Fr. " Lurid Boletus." 



Pileus pulvinate, tomentose, olive-umber, then subviscid, dingy; 

 stem stout, vermilion-red, reticulated, or punctate, with darker 

 markings ; tubes free, rounded, yellow, then greenish ; orifice 

 from vermilion to orange. — Fr. Ej)icr. p. 418. Schceff. t. 107. 

 Tratt. Ausi.f. 17. Grev. t. 121. Letell. f. ?>2. Krombh. t. 38. 

 f. 11-17. Bull. t. 100. Bolt. t.So.var. Berk. Outl. t. 16. f. 5. 

 Fng. Fl. Y. p. 162. Card. Chron. (ISCiO) p. 386. Harz. t 56. 

 Badh. t. l.f. 12. ii.L 6./. 3-5. Smith P.M.f. 10. Barla, t. 33. 

 /. 1-5. 



In woods and woodland pastures. Common. Poisonous. 



[Mid. Carolina.] 



Pileus 2-6 in. broad, convex, expanded, minutely tomentose, olive, brick- 

 red, pinkish, cream-coloured, or ferruginous brown; flesh more or less yellow, 

 changing to blue. Tubes free, yellow or greenish, their orifices of a beautiful 

 red or bright orange, quite simple, round. Spores olivaceous-ochre. Stem 

 variable in length, bulbous, tomentose, sometimes quite smooth, red, with 

 ferruginous or the brightest yellow shades, solid, generally more or less 

 marked or reticulated with crimson-red.— J/. J. B. Spores very large, oval, 

 greenish slate colour, -0006 X "00035 in. 



725. Boletus erythropus. P. " Dotted-stem Boletus." 



Pileus tomentose, almost velvety, tawny ; stem elongated, 

 equal, not reticulated, dotted with red, squamuloso-punctate, 

 reddish within at the base ; tubes free. — Fr. Epicr. p. 418. Fl. 

 Dan. t. 1962. Letell. t. 612. Barla. t. 33,/. 6, 7. 



In woods. King's Cliffe. 



Included by Fries with B. luridus as a variety, smaller, but more beauti- 

 ful. Flesh yellow here and there, blue when cut, but partially red, with a 

 more slender, punctato-squamulose, and not reticulated stem. 



726. Boletus purpuxeus. Fr. " Purple Boletus." 



Pileus pulvinate, somewhat velvety, opaque, dry, purplish-red ; 

 stem stout, yellow, variegated with purple veins and dots ; tubes 



