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which grew from the side of an old pine stump. The tomentum of the 
pileus is nearly one line thick. The species belongs to the tribe 
Pulverulenti. . : 
Boletus glabellus, n. sp. ahi, 
Pileus fleshy, thick, broadly convex or nearly plane,, soft, dry, sub- 
glabrous, smoky-buff, flesh white, both it and the tubes changing to 
blue where wounded; tubes nearly plane, adnate, small, subrotund, 
ochraceous tinged with green; stem subequal, glabrous, even, reddish 
toward the base, pallid above, adorned with a narrow reddish zone or 
cireumscribing line at the top; spores oblong, brownish-ochraceous, 
with a tinge of green when fresh; .0004 to .0005 in. long, .00016 broad. 
Pileus 3 to 5 in. broad; stem 1 to 3 in. long, 5 to 10 lines thick. : 
Grassy ground under oaks. Menands. July. 
The species belongs to the Subpruinosi, and is easily distinguished 
from its allies by the reddish circumscribing line at the top of the 
stem. ‘This disappears in the dried specimens. 
Boletus variipes, n. sp. 
Pileus from convex to nearly plane, thick, soft, dry, squamulose, 
punctate-squamulose or minutely tomentose, pale grayish-brown, 
sometimes tinged with yellow or ochraceous, flesh white, unchange- 
able; tubes convex or nearly plane, slightly depressed around the 
stem, small, subrotund, at first white, then greenish-yellow, the 
mouths dingy ochraceous; stem nearly equal, firm, more or less 
reticulated, whitish or pallid; spores oblong-fusiform, brownish- 
ochraceous with a greenish tinge, .0005 to .0006 in. long, .0002 broad. 
Pileus 3 to 6 in. broad; stem 2 to 4 in. long, 4 to 12 lines thick. 
Oak woods. Menands. August. f | 
The species belongs to the Edules. It is separated from B. edulis 
by its squamulose pileus. This character and its paler stem also sep- — 
arate it from B. separans. The* stem is variable in color, length and __ 
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degree of reticulation. 
Variety albipes. Stem whitish, wholly reticulated, the reticulations 
coarser toward the base. 
Variety pallidipes. Stem pallid, slightly scurfy, even or obscurely 
reticulated toward the base. 
Variety tenuipes. Stem elongated, slender. 
Boletus indecisus, n. sp. 
Pileus convex or nearly plane, dry, slightly tomentose, ochraceous- 
brown, often wavy or irregular on the margin, flesh white, unchange- 
able, mild; tubes nearly plane or convex, adnate, small, subrotund, ~ 
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