CLASSIFICATION 361 



B. variegatus. — Cap 3-5 in. across, dingy yellow or pale tawny at 

 the disc and paler towards the edge, with minute tawny squamules, 

 flesh pale blue when cut ; tubes about | in. long, pores small, 

 yellowish, then brownish buff ; stem 2-3 in. long, pale yellow. 



Often gregarious. Flesh not always blue when cut. In fir woods, 

 among heather, etc. 



B. aureus. — Cap 3-4 in. across ; convex, smooth, dark brown 

 with a tinge of olive, or blackish brown, flesh white, yellowish when 

 cut ; tubes almost free from stem, pores sulphur-colour ; stem 

 3-4 in. long, stout, yellowish or pale brown, surface somewhat 

 netted. 



Recognized by the dark cap and bright sulphur pores. 



In woods. 



B. carnosus. — Cap 4 in. across ; smooth, bay-brown, flesh pale 

 yellow ; tubes shortened close to stem, pores angular, yellow ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, yellow, more or less streaked with reddish brown, 

 rather striate. 



In woods. 



*** Cap viscid, at least when moist ; ring absent. 



B. badius. — Cap 3-5 in. across, slightly convex, soon becoming 

 dry and smooth, bay-brown, flesh slightly tinged blue when cut ; 

 tubes shorter round stem, but not free from it, pores irregular, 

 yellow, then yellowish green, becoming dull green when bruised ; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, subequal, chngy ochre streaked with pale brown. 



Known by the bay-brown cap and yellow-green pores which 

 become dull green when bruised. 



In woods, usually of conifers. 



B. pipcratiis. — Cap 1-3 in. across, convexo-plane, soft, ochraceous 

 tan, sometimes with a red tinge ; tubes running down the stem, 

 pores large, irregularly angular, pale olive, then cinnamon-brown ; 

 stem 1 1-2 in. long, smooth, darker than cap, base bright 3'ellow, 

 flesh yellow. 



Distinguished by the peppery taste and yellow base of stem. 



On the ground in woods. 



B. paludosus. — Cap 3-4 in. across, thin, soon plane, smooth, even, 

 bright rufous brown, flesh not more than 2 lines thick ; tubes 

 about 2 lines long, pores large, angular, yellow, then olive-green ; 

 stem 3-5 in. long, equal, paler than cap. 



Gregarious. Distinguished by the thin flesh and long stem. 



Among Sphagnum in a swamp. 



B. Z?oyfw«s.— Fasciculate in habit. Cap 2-3 in. across, soon al- 

 most flat, smooth, pale reddish yellow ; tubes nmning down the 

 stem, pores angular, often elongated, yellow, then lirownish cinna- 

 mon ; stem 2-4 in. long, rather slender, coloured hke the cap. 



Smell strong. Gregarious or tufted. 



Fir woods among heather. 



