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Boletus, Zm7i. 

 Hymenium tubes separable from each, other as well as from 

 the pileus. Stipites stout. Some poisonous, others thought 

 excellent food, and preferred in some places to the Mushroom. 

 The most poisonous kinds are said to be of a red color about the 

 orifice of the tubes. These fungi often change color almost 

 instantaneously upon being broken, from white or yellow to blue. 



J^. pachjpus, Fr., forest land Brisbane Eiver (Bailey). 



B. suhtomentosiis, Linn , Parramatta, Jour. Linn. Soc, Yol. 16. 



B. (manceceps, Berk., Parramatta, Jour. Linn. Soc, Yol. 16. 



Polyp ORUS, Fries. 



A very large genus of pore-bearing fungi. The tubes not 

 separating from each other, or from the pileus distinguishes this 

 genus from Boletus. The species are often large, hard and 

 beautiful, one is said to be worshiped in Guinea, and several are 

 of commercial value in various ways. 



Section Mesopus. 



Stem distinct, simj)le, lateral or nearly central. Substance 

 corky or fleshy. 



P. arcularius, Fries, stipes central, smooth pores rhomboid. 

 Brisbane district, very common on old timber (Bailey), 

 Eockhampton (Bowman), Daintree and Endeavour Rivers 

 (Woods). 



P. ollectans, Berk., Herbert's Creek (Bowman). 



P. Armitii, Kalchbrenner, Fragm. Fascs. xc, North Australia 

 (Armit). 



P. xanthopus, Fr., infundibuliform on yellow stems, Tweed Piver 

 (Guilfoyle), Brisbane Eiver, and Trinity Bay (Bailey), 

 l)aintree Eiver (Woods), Cape York (E. Daemel). 



