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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Tubes at first are nearly plane, adnate, white and stuffed, then convex, de- 

 pressed around the stem, ochraceous-yellow or brownish-yellow and sometimes 

 separating- from the stem by the expansion of the pileus. 



The stem is equal or slightly tapering upward ; reticulated, either wholly 

 or in upper part only ; colored like the pileus or a little paler, sometimes slightly 

 furfuraceous. Spores subfusiform, brownish-ochraceous. Peck, Boleti of U. S. 



The specimens in Figure 299 were found at Londonderry, about fifteen miles 

 east of Chillicothe, in a grassy woods near a stream. The taste is agreeable 

 when raw and quite good when cooked. This might appropriately have been 

 called the lilac Boletus, for that shade of color is usually present in it, some- 

 where. August to October. 



Boletus auripes. Pk. 

 Yeixow- stem mud Boletus. Edible. 



Auripes is from aureus, yellow or golden; pes, foot; so called from its 

 yellow stem. 



The pileus is three to four inches broad, convex, nearly smooth, yellowish- 

 brown, the flesh often cracking in areas in old plants ; flesh yellow at first, 

 fading to a lighter color, in age. 



The tubes are nearly plane, their mouths small, nearly round, at first 

 stuffed, yellow. 



The stem is two to four inches long, nearly equal, often reticulated, solid, 



a bright yellow on the 

 surface and a light yel- 

 low within. The spores 

 are ochraceous - brown, 

 tinged with green, 12x5/1. 

 The whole plant ex- 

 cept the upper surface 

 of the cap, is a golden 

 yellow, and even the 

 surface of the cap is 

 more or less yellow. It 

 favors one form of the 

 B. edulis. It is some- 

 times found in mixed 

 woods, especially if there 

 are mountain laurels in 

 the woods ( Kahuia lati- 

 folia). It is found in 

 July and August. 



Figure 300. Boletus auripes. One-half natural size. Caps yellowish- 

 brown. Tube surface and stem yellow. 



