Polyporaceae 

 



The cap is 1^-4 in. broad, the stem is 2-3 in. long and 4-8 lines Boletus, 

 thick. The plants are found in woods in July and August. Peck, 5ist 

 Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



B. pal'lidus Frost pale. (Plate CXVII, fig. 4, p. 424.) Pileus 

 convex, becoming plane or centrally depressed, soft, glabrous, pallid or 

 brownish-white, sometimes tinged with red. Flesh white. Tubes 

 plane or slightly depressed around the stem, nearly adnate, very pale or 

 whitish-yellow, becoming darker with age, changing to blue where 

 wounded, the mouths small. Stem equal or slightly thickened toward 

 the base, rather long, glabrous, often flexuous, whitish, sometimes 

 streaked with brown, often tinged with red within. Spores pale ochra- 

 ceous-brown, io-i2x5-6/x. 



PileilS 2-4 in. broad. Stem 3~5 lines long, 4-8 lines thick. 



Woods. New England, Frost; New York, Peck. 



The species is readily recognized by its dull pale color, rather long 

 stem, and tubes changing to blue where wounded. Peck, Boleti of the 

 U. S. 



Common in West Virginia mountains, Angora, West Philadelphia, 

 Mt. Gretna, Pa. Solitary, on ground in mixed woods. 



The caps are tender and delicately flavored. 



B. rubropunc'tus Pk. red-dotted. (Plate CXVII, fig. 3, p. 424.) 

 Pileus convex, glabrous, re 1 dish-brown. Flesh yellowish, unchange- 

 able. Tubes nearl" i ' , depressed about the stem, their mouths 

 small, round, LrigUt golden-yellow, not changing color where bruised. 

 Stem firm, solid, tapering upward, yellow, punctate with reddish dots 

 or squamules. Spores olive-green, 12.5x4-5^. 



Pileus 1-2 in. broad. Stem 1-2 in. long, 3-6 lines thick. 



Woods. Port Jefferson. July. Cold Spring Harbor, H. C. Beardslee. 



This is a pretty Boletus, well marked by the red dots of the stem. 

 It is apparently a very rare species. B. radicans is said to have the 

 stem sprinkled with red particles, but that is a larger plant with the 

 margin of the pileus persistently involute or incurved and with a radi- 

 cating stem, characters which are not shown by our fungus. Peck, 5oth 

 Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



I found my specimens at Mt. Gretna, Pa., August-September, 1898. 



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