THE TUBE-BEARING FUNGI 



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The stem is two to 

 four inches long, 

 stout, subequal or 

 bulbous, reticulated, 

 bright lemon - yellow 

 without and within, 

 sometimes reddish at 

 the base. The spores 

 are oblong-fusiform, 

 pale, ochraceous- 

 brown, 10-12.5x4-5)11. 



The young speci- 

 men can be recog- 

 nized by the whole 

 plant's being of a 

 vivid lemon - yellow 

 except the surface of 

 the cap. The plant 

 quickly turns to 

 green, then blue, 

 wherever touched. It 

 has a wide distribu- 

 tion in the Eastern 

 and Middle states. 

 The plant in Figure 

 287 was found in 

 Haynes' Hollow by 

 Dr. Chas. Miesse and 

 photographed by Dr. 

 Keller man. 



Figure 287. Boletus speciosus. Natural size. Cap red or deep scarlet. 

 Tubes bright lemon-yellow. 



As an edible it is among the best. Found from August to October. 



Boletus cyanescens. Bull. 



Cyanescens is from cyaneus, deep blue, so called the moment you touch it, 

 it turns a deep blue. 



Pileus is two to four inches across, convex, then expanded, sometimes nearly 

 plane, frequently wavy, covered with an appressed tomentum ; opaque, pale-buff, 

 grayish-yellow, or yellowish, flesh thick, white, quickly changing to a beautiful 



