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SPECIES OF VISCID BOLETI. 6 
Boletus granulatus Z. 
Granulated Boletus. 
Pileus thick, convex or nearly plane, very viscid or glutinous 
when moist, variable in color, pinkish-gray, reddish-brown, yellowish, 
tawny-ferruginous or brownish, flesh white or tinged with yellow ; 
tubes nearly plane, adnate, smad/, at first whitish or very pale-yellow, 
becoming dingy-ochraceous ; stem subequal, rather short, not annu- 
late, both it and the tubes marked with glandular dots, whitish or 
pullid, sometimes yellowish ; spores ochraceo-ferruginous, subfusitorm, 
.0003 to .00035 in. long, .00016 broad. 
Plant gregarious, pileus 1.5 to 3 in. broad, stem 1 to 2 in. long, 
4 to 6 lines thick. 
Woods, especially of pine, and in open places. Very common. 
July to October. 
The pileus in this species is very variable in color, but it is never 
wholly white as in the preceding species. Its stem is often dotted to 
the base, but the dots or granules are generally more numerous and 
distinct on the upper part. Thisand B. Boudiert appear to be the 
only European species with exannulate glandular-dotted stems. If 
we have correctly valued our forms, New York alone has five such 
species. It 1s true, they are closely related to each other, and might 
be regarded by some as mere varieties of a single extremely variable 
species, but to me the distinguishing characters here given appear to 
be constant and decisive. 
B. granulatus is recorded as edible by most authors. I have not 
tested it. Gillet remarks that it ought to be regarded at least with 
suspicion. JB. collinitus in the Twenty-third Report, b. flavorufus 
Scheeff., B. /actifluus Sow. and SL. circinans Pers. are synonyms. 
Boletus brevipes Pk. 
Short-Stemmed Boletus. 
Pileus thick, convex, covered with a thick, tough gluten when young 
or moist, dark-chestnut color, sometimes fading to dingy-tawny, the 
margin inflexed, flesh white or tinged with yellow ; tubes short, nearly 
plane, adnate, small, subrotund, at first whitish, then yellowish, 
becoming dingy-ochraceous ; stem very short, not annulate, whitish, 
not dotted or rarely with a few very minute and inconspicuous 
dots at the apex ; spores subfusiform, .0003 in. long, .00012 broad. 
Solitary or gregarious, pileus 1.5 to 2.5,in. broad, stem .d to L in. 
long, 3 to 5 lines thick. 
Sandy soil in pine woods. Albany county. October. 
