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98 ox THE MEDICINAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL , 



Poly])orus umhellatus^ Roqiies, Hist, des"" 



n 1 . u o 1 L? 1^' ••• ^^' umhellatus, 



JJoiems " bcnoen., inmi>:. 111. ,, , t^ /tt 



f !-» '^ r J^*^'- -li^ "a- (II- 



ife 1 ers. ^ 



" ra7nosissimus, va. a., Jacq., Fl. 



Aust. 2, 172. 



These two species or varieties are found in Germany. Li 



grouping the Polypores, Roques advises us, as a general rule, to 



reject as articles of food those which have lateral pedicles, and 



never to make use of those wliose texture is very coriaceous. 



Hist, des Champs. 126. 



Boletus granulatus^ L. '^ _^ ' . ' .' ^" 



- lactijluus, With., V. 4, 280. \ ^^f:J- ^^ '^^^^ '""J^' 

 (, . . -p ' ' AK Milky Boletus. Pme 

 " circinatis. Pers., feyn. 505. , -, . 



•^ t lands. August, Sept. 



The Boleti, when wounded, heal in much the same manner as 

 the flesh of animals. Edinb. Phil. Journ. 14, 369 ; Lind., JSTat. 

 Syst. 333. 



Eatable, according to Persoon. "Withering says that its flavor 

 is like that of Agaricus campestris. B. circinans of Roques is 

 certainly a difierent species. Crypt. Eng. 149. See also Eoques, 

 Hist, des Champs. 155. 



Boletus piperatus. Bull., Champ, i. 451. ) -o -r. i . 



cc "^ • 's -n \ 1 /^ . o-,w Pepper Boletus. 



" jerrugincttus^ Batsch, Cont. 281. ) 



Found in France. North Carolina to Pennsylvania. (II.AV'^. R.) 

 " Taste remarkably acid and pungent." Grev. A small frag- 

 ment, of the size of a nut, beaten up and mixed with a bit of 

 bread, causes in an hour, says Roques, a painful sensation at the 

 epigastrum, wliich after a while ceases, without further ill conse- 

 quences. Hist, des Champs. 148. 



Boletus subtomentosus, L., and Berkley's 



Crypt. Eng. 

 " cujyreus and crassi2KS, Schoefl'. 

 " communis^ Bull. 



" chrysenteron, Bull., 490, and Roques, 



Hist, des Champs. 



Taste not unpleasant. It is eaten in Germany, according to 



Trattinnick ; but he does not give a very favorable account, and 



Subtomentose 

 Boletus. Woods. 

 Sum'rct Aut'mri. 

 Found n'r Paris. 

 S. C. ! to Pa. (H. 

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