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23. P. fragrans Peck, Rept. N. Y. State Museum 30: 45. 
1879. 
Plants annual, sessile or effused-reflexed; pileus dimidiate, 
imbricate, 2-8 x 4-10 x 0.5-2 cm., fleshy-tough when fresh, 
firm and rigid when dry, cinereous to reddish gray, finely tomen- 
tose to almost glabrous, subzonate or azonate, the margin thin 
and acute; context whitish or pallid, tough when fresh, soft- 
corky when dry, 4-8 mm. thick, with a sweet anise-like odor 
that persists in dried plants; hymenium sometimes separated 
from the context by a narrow, dark-colored line; tubes less than 
4 mm. long, the mouths whitish or somewhat smoke-colored, 
blackish when bruised, angular, the dissepiments becoming 
dentate and the mouths unequal in size, averaging 3-4 to a mm.; 
spores (teste Murrill) white, globose to ovoid, smooth, 5-6 ит 
diameter. 
On stumps and trunks, especially of Ulmus. Frequent. 
The distinguishing characters of this species are the fragrant 
odor and the unequal and irregular pores—characters which 
separate it from P. adustus and P. fumosus. The name P. 
puberula Berk. & Curtis is sometimes applied to this plant. 
24. P. fumosus Pers. ex Fries, Syst. Myc. 1:367. 1821. 
Boletus fumosus Pers. Syn. Fung. 530. 1801. 
Plants annual, sessile or effused-reflexed; pileus dimidiate, 
often imbricate, 2-7 x 3-8.5 x 0.3-2 cm., somewhat fleshy- 
tough when fresh, firm and rigid when dry, grayish to very pale 
tan-colored, finely tomentose, subzonate or azonate, margin thin 
and acute; context white to light umber, soft corky when fresh, 
eorky when dry, 0.3-2 cm. thick, with a rather disagreeable 
odor; hymenium separated from the context by a distinct, 
narrow, dark-colored line; tubes short,not more than 3 mm. long, 
the mouths whitish or smoky, blackish when bruised, circular 
to somewhat angular but thick-walled and entire, averaging 
4—6 to а mm., spores white, smooth, elliptical to subcylindrical, 
2.6-4 x 5.3-7.2 и. 
Growing on dead wood of deciduous trees. October to Decem- 
ber. Frequent. 
Distinguished from P. fragrans Peck by the more circular 
and entire tube mouths and, in our plants at least, by the absence 
of the fragrant, anise-like odor. The odor is disagreeable in 
