562 BOLETUS 



1854. B. variegatus (Swartz) Fr. Rostk. Bol. t. 16. 



Variegatus, variegated. 



P. 6-12-5 cm., dark yellow, or ochraceous, sprinkled tvith fasciculate- 

 hairy, superficial, brown squamules, convex, then plane, obtuse, 

 slightly moist; margin acute, at first flocculose. St. 5-8 x 1-2-5 cm., 

 dark yellow, or straw colour, sometimes reddish, firm, equal, base white. 

 Tubes brown, or yellow olive, then cinnamon, adnate; orifice of pores 

 round. Flesh yellow becoming here and there azure blue. Spores green- 

 ish ochre, oblong elliptic, 9-10 x 3-4/z,. Smell unpleasant, "of 

 chlorine" Quel. Coniferous woods, heaths, and moorlands. July 

 Nov. Common, (v.v.) 



1855. B. sulphureus Fr. Quel. As. fr. (1887), t. 9. 



Sulphur eus, sulphur-yellow. 



P. 5-10 cm., sulphur yellow, compact, convex, then plane, silky- 

 tomentose with innate flocci. St. 410 x 1-5 cm., sulphur yellow, at 

 length becoming dingy ferruginous, firm, ventricose, smooth, springing 

 from a golden, woolly mycelium. Tubes sulphur yellow, becoming spotted 

 ferruginous, and at length becoming green, adnate, short, 2-4 mm. long ; 

 orifice of pores minute, compound. Flesh yellow, becoming greenish, 

 or azure blue when broken, but golden when exposed to the air, here and 

 there reddish under the tubes, firm. Spores light yellow, elliptical, 

 6-7 x 3/it, 1-guttulate. Caespitose. Pine sawdust, and twigs. Sept. 

 Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1856. B. chrysenteron (Bull.) Fr. Eolland, Champ, t. 80, no. 180. 



%pucro<?, gold; evrepov, intestine. 



P. 3-10 cm., fuscous, or somewhat brick colour, convexo-plane, soft, 

 minutely tomentose, often cracked into patches with the interstices red. 

 St. 5-8 cm. x 6-12 mm., scarlet, or light yellow, subequal, or attenuated 

 at the base, rigid, fibroso-striate. Tubes sulphur yellow, then greenish 

 yellow, subadnate, or depressed round the st. ; orifice of pores rather 

 large, angular, compound. Flesh yellow, scarcely turning blue, red be- 

 neath the cuticle of the p., soft. Spores deep ochraceous, fusiform, or 

 oblong elliptic, 13-14 x 4-5/>t, 1-4-guttulate. Taste mild. Edible. 

 Woods, heaths, and pastures. May Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



var. nanus Massee. vdvvos, a dwarf. 



Differs from the type in its smaller size, in the flesh becoming red 

 when cut and in the elongated, narrow, sinuous, or gyrose orifice of the 

 pores. Parks, gardens, and pastures. Aug. Sept. Not uncommon. 

 (v.v.) 



1857. B. sanguineus (With.) Quel. non Fr. Sanguineus, blood red. 

 P. 2-7 cm., blood red, or brightish crimson, disc becoming brownish, 



hemispherical, convex, then plane, firm, opaque, dry, rough under a 



