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white, becoming fuscous, firm, attenuated downwards, somewhat re- 

 ticulated with adpressed squamules. Tubes pallid, then yellow, adnate, 

 elongated; orifice of pores divided into two, rather large. Flesh white, 

 brownish under the adnate cuticle of the p., firm. Spores "8-10 x 4ju," 

 Guill. Taste pleasant. Edible. Pine woods. Nov. Bare. 



1846. B. granulatus (Linn.) Fr. Eolland, Champ, t. 78, no. 175. 



Granulatus, granulated. 



P. 4-8 cm., fuscous ferruginous, becoming yellowish when the gluten 

 disappears, convexo-expanded, smooth. St. 5-8 x 1-2 cm., light 

 yellowish, subequal, often attenuated upwards, dotted with granules 

 upwards', base white, cottony. Tubes sulphur yellow, adnate, short; 

 orifice of pores at first dripping with white milk, granulated when the 

 milk dries, simple, subcircular. Flesh light yellowish under the separable 

 pellicle of the p., soft. Spores yellow ferruginous, oblong elliptical, 

 8-10 x 3-4/z, 2-guttulate. Taste pleasant. Edible. Gregarious. Coni- 

 ferous woods, and under pines. May Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



1847. B. tenuipes (Cke.) Massee. Tennis, thin; pes, foot. 

 P. 2-55 cm., yellowish brown, or gilvous, convex, then almost plane, 



viscid, streaked with minute fibrils when dry. St. 5-8 cm. x 6-8 mm., 

 yellow, attenuated at the base, smooth. Tubes yellowish, adnate, short- 

 ened round the st., about 6 mm. long; orifice of pores rather large, 

 angular. Flesh white, rosy under the cuticle of the p., thick. Spores pale 

 yellow, fusiform, 10 x 3/i. Taste mild. Edible. Woods, and heaths. 

 July Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1848. B. badius Fr. Rostk. Bol. t. 5. Badius, bay-brown. 

 P. 3-15 cm., bay-brown-tawny, hemispherical, pulvinate, viscid, 



then pubescent, often shining when dry. St. 6-10 x 2-3 cm., paler, 

 subequal, sometimes attenuated upwards, sometimes downwards, 

 brown pruinate. Tubes cream, or citron yellow, turning immediately 

 bluish green when touched, adnate, or sinuato-depressed, long; orifice 

 of pores angular, rather large. Flesh yellowish, becoming azure blue, 

 then somewhat brownish, thick, soft. Spores light yellow, oblong fusi- 

 form, 13-15 x 4-5-6jLt, 1-multi-guttulate. Taste pleasant. Edible. 

 Woods, especially coniferous woods. Aug. Nov. Common, (v.v.) 



1849. B. paludosus Massee. Paludosus, marshy. 

 P. 7-5-10 cm., bright rufous brown, paler when dry, slightly convex, 



then quite plane, slightly viscid, smooth. St. 7-5-12-5 x 1-1-5 cm., 

 rather paler than the p., equal, smooth, base attenuated. Tubes yellow, 

 then olive green, adnate, or subdecurrent, short, about 4mm. long; 

 orifice of pores large, angular, compound. Flesh with a very pale tinge 

 of brown, firm, thin. Spores olive, elongato-fusiform, 16 x 4/x. Gre- 

 garious. Bogs, amongst Sphagnum. Sept. Rare. 



