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grows in sandy soil under or near pine trees or in pine groves or woods 

 and appears late in the autumn. The stems are so short that the cap 

 seems to rest directly on the ground. It is usually defiled by dirt, sticks 

 and leaves which adhere tenaciously to the gluten. 



The caps should be peeled and the tubes removed before cooking. 



Boletus affinis Peck. 

 Related Boletus. 

 (Plate 48. Figs. 6-16.) 



Pileus convex above or nearly plane, subglabrous, reddish-brown or 

 chestnut color fading to tawny or dmgy-ochraceous with age, flesh white; 

 tubes plane or convex, adnate or slightly depressed around the stem, at 

 first white and stuffed, then glaucous-yellow or subochraceous, changing 

 to rusty-ochraceous where wounded; stem subequal, even, glabrous, 

 colored like or paler than the pileus; spores rusty-ochraceous, .00035 to 

 .0005 inch long, .00016 to .0002 broad. 



The Related boletus belongs to the Tribe of boleti known as Edules 

 because of their especially esculent character, but it differs from the 

 general character of the Tribe in having its tubes not at all or but slightly 

 shortened around the stem and in its stem not being thickened or bulb- 

 ous at the base. The species is quite variable in the color of the cap, 

 which is generally darker in young plants, paler in old ones. It may be 

 brown, reddish-brown or blackish-brown when young, but is more or less 

 tinged with tawny or ochraceous when old. It is smooth and even or 

 minutely tomentose and sometimes slightly rugose. In wet weather the 

 margin of the cap sometimes curves upward, giving a very convex sur- 

 face to the tubes. Sometimes the wounded flesh slowly assumes a yellowish 

 hue. The peculiar rusty-ochraceous hue of the spores is also seen 

 sometimes in the tubes of old specimens. As in many species, the flesh 

 of old plants is more soft than that of young ones. The stem is quite 

 variable and is often narrowed downwards. It is sometimes very 

 obscurely reticulated at the top. 



The cap is generally 2 to 4 inches broad, the stem 1.5 to 3 inches long, 

 4 to 8 lines thick. The plants are found in thin woods or in bushy places 

 in July and August. 



Variety maculosus Peck differs from the type simply in having a few 

 yellowish spots scattered over the cap. , 



While not as high flavored as some boleti this is, nevertheless, a fairly 

 good and perfectly safe one. 



