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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Figure 288. Boletus cyanescens. 



asure-blue where cut 

 or wounded. 



The tubes are quite 

 free, openings small, 

 white, then pale-yel- 

 low, round, changing 

 color the same as the 

 flesh. 



The stem is two to 

 three inches long, ven- 

 tricose, hoary with fine 

 hair, stuffed at first, 

 then becoming hollow, 

 colored like the pileus. 

 The spores are 

 sub-elliptical, 10-12.5X 

 6-7.5/*. 



The specimens in 

 Figure 288 were found 

 on rather steep wooded 

 hillsides, Sugar Grove, 

 Ohio. They were all 

 solitary. I have found 

 a few specimens about 

 Chillicothe. They are 

 widely distributed in 

 the Eastern states. 



Captain Mcllvaine 

 says in his book the 

 caps make an excel- 

 lent dish cooked in 

 any way. I have never 

 tried them. Found on 

 hilly ground in Aug- 

 ust and September. 



Boletus indecisus. Pk. 



The Undecided Boletus. Edible. 



Indecisus means undecided ; so called because it favors very closely Boletus 

 felleus. There is a difference in the style of the two plants by which, after 

 continued tasting, the student can readily separate them. 



