132 TWENTY-THIR ..SPORT ON THE StATE CaBiSET. 



Edible. The pileus varies in tlie intensity of the color and 

 the density of the tomentum. 



15. Boletus paluster n. sp. 



Pileus fleshy, rather thin, convex, then expanded or slightly 

 depressed, with a decurved margin, subumbonate, dr} , lloc- 

 cose-tomentose, bright pinkish-red ; tubes large, angular, 

 slightly decurrent, formed by wider radiating lamellae and 

 more narrow transversely connecting and anastomosing dis- 

 sepiments, yellow, becoming ochraceous ; stem slender, solid, 

 nearly smooth, red, yellowish at the top and marked with the 

 slightly decurrent walls of the tubes ; spores elliptical, dull 

 I)inkish or flesh-colored, a-oVjr' long. 



Height 2'- 3', breadth of pileus 1-2', stem 2"- 3" thick. 



Wet j)laces and swamps among mosses. ]S"orth Elba, 

 August. (Plate 6, ligs. 4-7.) 



Allied to Paxillus porosus Berk., with which, perhaps, it 

 ought to form a new genus intermediate between Paxillus and 

 Boletus, and from which it differs in its more slender habit, 

 central stem, floccose-tomentose pileus, larger pores and ellip- 

 tical spores. 



16. Boletus strobilaceus 8cop. 



Pileus convex, densely clothed with a blackish tomentum 

 which breaks up into thick erect tufts or scales ; tubes plane 

 or slightly convex, white becoming darker, not large, angular, 

 stem solid, usually scaly and colored like the pileus, whitish 

 at the top ; flesh white, changing to red then to black when 

 wounded. 



Height 8-6', breadth of pileus 2'- 4', stem 4^-6" thick. 



Ground in woods and open places. Common. Buflalo, 

 Clinton. Utica, Johnson. Poughkeepsie, Gerard. Albany 

 and Sandlake. July and August. 



lY. Boletus retires B. <fe C. 



Pileus thick. Arm, broadly convex, dry, smooth or very 

 minutely tomentose, grayish-brown ; tubes concave or plane, 

 rarely convex, attached, small, round, bright yellow ; stipe 

 equal, solid, yellow, strongly reticulated its whole length, the 

 reticulations formed by the anastomosing of distinct Arm 

 vein-like ridges ; flesh yellow, not changing color. 



Height 3'- 5', breadth of pileus 2'- 3', stipe 3"- 5" thick. 



Banks by roadsides. North Elba. August. 



J3. retipcs is said to have the pileus yellow, and the stem 

 reticulated nearly to the base — particulars which do not 

 agree with our specimens. It is possible that future inves- 



