TUBE-BEARING FUNGI. 



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The pileus is convex to nearly expanded, flat, 

 very viscid and reddish 

 brown, paler and yellow- 

 ish when it is dry, but 

 very variable in color, 

 pink, red, yellow, tawny, 

 and brown shades. The 

 flesh is pale yellow. 

 The tubes are joined 

 squarely to the stem, 

 short, yellowish, and the 

 edges of the tubes, that 

 is, at the open end (often 

 called the mouth), are 

 dotted or granulated. 

 The stem is dotted in the 

 same way above. The 

 spores in mass are pale 

 yellow ; singly they are 

 spindle-shaped. 



The species is edible, 

 though some say it should 

 be regarded with sus- 

 picion. Peck has tried 

 it, and I have eaten it, 

 but the viscid character 

 of the plant did not make 

 it a relish for me. There 

 are several species 

 closely related to the 

 granulated Boletus. B. 

 brevipes P k . , is one 

 chiefly distinguished by 

 the short stem, which 

 entirely lacks the gland- 

 ular dots. It grows in 

 sandy soil, in pine groves 

 and in woods. 



Boletus punctipes Pk. 

 This species has been re- 

 ported from New York 

 State by Peck. During 



When moist it is 



