364 BRITISH FUNGI 



4. Tubes and pores dull pink or pale flesh-colour. 



B. felleus. — ^Cap 3-4 in. across, smooth, yellowish red, foxy or 

 chestnut-colour, flesh white, dingy flesh-colour when broken ; tubes 

 about I in. long, shorter round the stem, pale flesh-colour ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, dingy j^ellow with an irregular network. Taste 

 bitter. 



Distinguished l)y the pale pinkish tubes and spores, when dropped 

 on white paper. 



In woods. 



5. Tubes and pores both white or grey, sometimes becoming brownish. 

 B. laricinus. — Cap 2-3 in. across, dirty white with livid or 



greenish stains, at first covered wth dingy yellow or brownish slime ; 

 flesh white, unchangeable ; tubes partly running down the stem, 

 about I in. long, pores angular, white, then dingy oli\'e-brown ; 

 stem 1-2 in. long, dirty white, netted above the ring. 



On the ground under larches, etc. 



B. rubiginosus. — Cap 2-5 in. broad, downy, soon smooth, reddish 

 brown, flesh white, unchangeable ; pores angular, permanently 

 white ; stem 2-3 in. long, whitish or tinged yellow, everywhere 

 covered with a network. 



On the ground in beech woods. 



B. viscidus. — Cap 3-4 in. across, smooth, viscid, pale dingy 

 yellow or buff, often with greenish stains ; tubes about -| in. long, 

 pores large, unequal, often radially elongated, pale grey, then 

 brownish ; stem 2-3 in. long, pale yellow, vaguely netted upwards, 

 flesh yellow at the base, ring more or less imperfect. 



Differs from B. laricinus, to which it is closely allied, in the 

 yellow tone of cap and stem, and in the radially elongated 

 pores. 



In woods. 



B. scaber (PI. XXVII, fig. 4). — Cap 3-6 in. across, very convex, 

 smooth, even, often becoming wrinlded, colour variable, whitish 

 or brownish ; flesh white, unchangeable ; tubes -J— f in. long, 

 shorter round the stem, white, then dingy brownish olive ; stem 

 5-7 in. high, i-i| in. thick at the base, conical, pale, rough with 

 dark fibrous squamules that become larger towards base of 

 stem. 



Distinguished by the long, conical stem, rough with dark pro- 

 jections, unchangeable flesh and pores at first white, then dingy. 

 Edible, flavour excehent. 



In woods. 



var. fulviis. — Cap ochraceous orange. Not good to eat. 



var. niveus. — Every part white. 



B. versipellis. -~C3i-p 3-5 in. across, downy, then minutely 

 squamulose, often becoming smooth, rufous orange, flesh thick, 

 unchangeable ; tubes about J in. long, free from stem, pores 



