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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Boletus eximius. Pk. 



The Select Boletus. Edible. 



Eximius means select. 

 The pileus at first is very compact, 

 nearly round, somewhat covered 

 with a mealy substance, purplish- 

 brown, or chocolate color, sometimes 

 with a faint tinge of lilac, becoming 

 convex, soft, smoky red, or pale- 

 chestnut, flesh grayish or reddish- 

 white. 



The tube surface is at first con- 

 cave or nearly plane, stuffed, colored 

 nearly like the pileus, becoming 

 paler with age and depressed around 

 the stem, the mouths minute, round. 

 The stem is stout, generally short, 

 equal or tapering upward, abruptly 

 narrowed at the base, minutely 

 branny, colored like or a little paler 

 than the cap, purplish-gray within. 

 The spores are subferruginous, 

 12.5-15X5-6/X. This plant is found 

 in open woods where there are beech trees. I found it frequently on Cemetery 

 Hill, Chillicothe. It is widely distributed, being found from the east to the west. 

 July and August. 



Figure 292. Boletus eximius. Two-thirds natural size. 



Boletus pallidus. Frost. 

 The Pallid Boletus. Edible. 



Pallidus, pale. The pileus is convex, becoming plane or centrally depressed, 

 soft, smooth, pallid or brownish-white, sometimes tinged with red. Flesh is white. 

 Tubes plane or slightly depressed around the stem, nearly adnate, very pale or 

 whitish-yellow, becoming darker with age, changing to blue where wounded, the 

 mouths small. The stem 1 is equal or slightly thickened toward the base, rather 

 long, smooth, often flexuous ; whitish, sometimes streaked with brown, often tinged 

 with red within. Spores pale ochraceous-brown. Pileus two to four inches broad. 

 Stem three to five inches long. Peck, Boleti of the U. S. 



This species is very good, tender, and appetizing. I found it quite abundant 

 in the woods of Gallia County and near Chillicothe. Ohio. 



