CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Boletus. Stem central. 313 
(4) Tupes YELLow. 
Bot. Tubes yellow: pileus blood red, changing to rich sanguin’eus 
- red brown: stem yellow, with broad: crimson : 
Tunes yellow, a little decurrent, unequal in length, but mostly 
_ about: i-oth of an inch long, changing to blue when 
broken. Porés lemon yellow, angular, 
Pixeus crimson, semi-globular, 2 to 12 inch over; when old 
rich red. brown, near 3 inches over, and the edge turning - 
, oP Flesh white, a little tinged with crimson next to , 
_ the skin, changing slowly to a bluish cast when wounded. 
Stem, blotches or streaks of dilute crimson on a yellow ground, 
apparently twisted, 1 to 22 inches high, near 3-8ths 
_ . diameter, In the larger specimens the base is bulbous. 
T have never found this species elsewhere than on the spot 
mentioned below, and no author I meet with has figured it. 
In its button state the blood red pileus, the yellow and crimson 
stained stem, and the fine lemon-coloured pores render it a beau. _ 
tiful object. I once only found it in an expanded state as de- 
scribed above, growing on the same spot, but am rather doubt- 
ful as to the identity of the species. ge Se 
Between the large square stew and the wall, in Edgbaston 
- Park, ~ Auge 
Bou, (Buxi.) Tubes yellow, decurrent: pileus gently chrysen’te- 
convex, pinky red: stem yellow below, pinky up- ron, 
wards, ; 
Bull. 393. 
Tuses decurrent, yellow, 1-3d of an inch long, changing to 
greenish when broken. _ Pores yellow, round or oblong. 
Pitzus a flat convex when fully expanded, pinky red, 2 to 3 
~ inches over. z i dae a ; ee 
Tem yellow below, pinky upwards, swelling below, but taper- 
fe again at (he root 2 inches high, ¢ inch diameter. 
. Rookery, Edgbaston. — EA July. 
Bou. Tubes brown yellow, a little decurrent : pileus flavus. 
orange, shining, viscid: stem yellow. 
Balt. 169, excellent~( Bull. 332, nearly allied to ity but not 
: the same.) - Het ; . 
Tvs brownish yellow, a little spreading down the stem. Pores 
lemon colour, irregular in shape and size, the larger ones 
divided by partitions, the ‘of the partitions short 
: han the ends of t he larger tubes. tla 
Pitzvs convex, edge rather turning up, deep orange when young, 
