Fungi with Pores Boletacese 



BoletUS SCaber (Edible) (SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 114) 



Cap Smooth, -viscid when moist, or minutely woolly, velvety, or 

 scaly. 1-5 inches wide. Colour ranges from nearly white 

 to almost black. 



Tubes Free from the stem, white, long. Mouths minute. 



Flesh White. 



Stem. Long, ground colour whitish, roughened with blackish 

 brown or reddish dots or scales. 3-5 inches long. 



Habitat Common in woods, swampy and open places. 



Orange-cap Boletus 



Boletus versipellis 



Cap Orange red. 2-6 inches wide. Dry, minutely woolly, 

 then scaly or smooth. Margin edged with the remains of 

 the veil. 



Flesh White or greyish. 



Tubes Long. Mouths minute. Greyish-white. 



Stem Solid ; white scaly wrinkles. Whitish colour. 3-5 

 inches long. 



Habitat Woods and open places. 



Chestnut Boletus (Edible) 



Boletus castaneus 



Cap Dry, minutely velvety. Cinnamon or reddish-brown. 1-3 



inches broad. 

 Flesh White. 



Tubes White, becoming yellow. Short, and free from the stem. 

 Stem Clothed and coloured like the cap. i-2> inches high. 

 Habitat Sandy soil at edges of woods. Common. 



Boletus eximius 



Cap Purplish-brown or chocolate colour, fading to smoky red 



or pale chestnut. 3-10 inches broad. 

 Flesh Greyish or reddish white. 

 Tubes Resembling the cap in colour. Mouths minute. 

 Stem Stout, covered with a meal-like powder. Colour resembling 



the cap, grey tinged with purple within. 2-4 inches long. 

 Habitat Woods. 



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