570 BOLETUS 



Spores pale olive, elliptic fusiform, slightly oblique, 10 x 4jn. Woods. 

 Aug. Sept. Uncommon. 



1883. B. calopus Fr. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. xxxiv (1918), t. 2. 



tca\6$, beautiful; Troy?, foot 



P. 6-15 cm., olivaceous, globose, then convex, pulvinate, sub- 

 tomentose. St. 7-10 x 23 cm., scarlet throughout, or at the apex, apex 

 often yellow, conical, then subequal, reticulated with white, or flesh 

 coloured veins. Tubes yellow, becoming bright green, adnate', orifice of 

 pores minute, angular, becoming spotted with greenish blue. Flesh 

 yellow, becoming blue on exposure to the air, compact. Spores oliva- 

 ceous, 10-14 x 4//,, 1-3-guttulate. Said to be poisonous. Woods, 

 especially coniferous woods. July Nov. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1884. B. olivaceus (Schaeff.) Fr. Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. xxxiv (1918), 

 t. 1. Olivaceus, olivaceous in colour. 



P. 3-8 cm., olivaceous fuscous, convex, pruinose, becoming smooth; 

 margin at first inflexed. St. 5-8 x 2-3 cm., red, or pale citron yellow, 

 yellowish at the apex and reticulate with white veins, punctate with rose 

 red at the base, firm, clavate, bulbous, or fusiform. Tubes light yellow, 

 then olivaceous, adnate ; orifice of pores minute, round, unequal. Flesh 

 cream colour, becoming blue on exposure to the air, firm. Spores ellip- 

 tical, "17/u, long, 2-5-guttulate " Quel. Woods, especially beech. 

 Aug. Sept. Uncommon. 



1885. B. pachypus Fr. 7ra%u9, thick; 7701/9, foot. 

 P. 10-20 cm., fuscous, then pallid tan, convex, pulvinate, sub- 



tomentose; margin at first incurved, exceeding the tubes. St. 5-12-5 x 

 3-5 cm., variegated light yellow and red, often wholly intensely blood red, 

 often with a rosy purple zone at the apex of the st., firm, ovato-bulbous, 

 then elongated, equal, reticulated with white veins. Tubes light yellow, 

 then somewhat green, free, somewhat elongated, shortened round the st. ; 

 orifice of pores round, becoming spotted with green, or blue. Flesh 

 yellow, then azure blue when exposed to the air, becoming reddish at the 

 base of the st., compact, thick. Spores olivaceous, oblong elliptic, 

 9-12 x 4jLt. Said to be poisonous. Woods, especially pine. Sept. 

 Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1886. B. albidus (Roques) Quel. Roques, Champ, com. et ven. t. 8, 

 fig. 2. Albidus, whitish. 



P. 6-9 cm., whitish, with a slight greenish tinge, convex, subtomen- 

 tose. St. 6-7 x 3-4 cm., pale citron yellow, ventricose, finely reticu- 

 lated with veins, which become brownish on handling. Tubes pale 

 citron yellow, adnate; orifice of pores round, small. Flesh cream 

 colour, or pale citron, becoming blue when cut or broken. Spores deep 

 ochre, boat-shaped, 10-11 x 4-5 /A, 1-2-guttulate. Woods, and pas- 

 tures. July Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



