Genus Boletus 



Purple Boletus 



Boletus purpureus 



Cap Dry, velvety. Purple red. 



Flesh Changing to blue, and then to dark yellow m the young 



plant. 

 Tubes Yellow or greenish yellow. Mouths minute, orange 



tinged -with purple, changing to blue where wounded. 

 Stem Stout, with purple veins or dots. Apex sometimes covered 



with a network. Yellow, reddish within. 

 Habitat Woods. 



Boletus Satanus (Dangerous) 



Cap Smooth, somewhat sticky. 

 Pale brown or whitish. 

 3-8 inches broad. 



Flesh Whitish, becoming red- 

 dish or violet when 

 wounded. f^ery poison- 

 ous. 



Tubes Yellow. Mouths bright- 

 red, becoming orange. 



Stem Thick, swollen, marked 

 above with a red network. 

 2-3 inches long. 



Habitat Woods. 



B Satanus 



Bitter Boletus (Suspected. Very Bitter) 



Boletus felleus (SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 107) 



Cap Smooth, pale yellowish, greyish brown, yellowish brown, 



reddish brown, or chestnut. 3-8 inches broad. 

 Flesh White, changing to flesh colour when bruised. Taste 



bitter. 

 Tubes White, becoming flesh colour. Mouths angular. Adnate 



to the stem. 

 Stem Covered with network. Colour similar to the cap. 2-4 



inches long. 

 Habitat Woods and open places. 



Pfir-pu'-rg-us 



Sa-ta'-nas 

 107 



FeT-l-us 



