[Reprinted from Torreva, Vol. 8, No. 9, September, 1908. J 



BOLETI FROM WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA 

 By William A. Murrill 



It was my privilege to spend two weeks during the past 

 summer with Dr. C. A. Schenck, Forester of the Biltmore Estate, 

 in Pisgah Forest, Transylvania Co., North Carolina, about fifty 

 miles southwest of Asheville. Dr. Schenck's summer home is in 

 Pink Bed Valley, 3,200 ft. above sea level, with surrounding 

 ridges reaching a maximum elevation of 4,500 ft. The forest 

 there is mostly composed of hardwood species, chestnut, oak, 

 and tulip predominating, while pitch pine is found sparingly on 

 the dry ridges and hemlock and white pine along the streams. 

 Maple, birch, hickory, basswood, sourwood, black gum, black 

 locust, butternut, ash, and Eraser's magnolia also occur as minor 

 hardwood species, Rhododendron, Kalniia, and Azalea are ex- 

 ceedingly abundant, in many places forming impenetrable thickets 

 which, when in flower, are visible from a distance as pink-colored 

 masses or " beds." 



About the middle of July, when I arrived at Pink Bed Valley, 

 frequent showers had developed quantities of fleshy fungi, among 

 them many boleti, which were collected and critically studied in 

 the fresh condition, and afterwards dried by artificial heat. Dr. 

 H. D. House very kindly assisted me in collecting, and the fact 

 that several interesting species are represented by more than one 

 or two specimens in this collection is largely due to his perse- 

 verance. 



The following list includes practically all the species of Boleta- 

 ceae collected during my stay in Pink Bed Valley arranged in 

 alphabetical order under the generic and specific names commonly 

 recognized in this country. 



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