Polyporaceae 



coming blue. Tubes adnate, unequal, minute, brown then cinnamon. Boletus. 

 Stem firm, equal, even, dark-yellow, sometimes reddish. Spores ob- 

 long-ellipsoid, hyaline or very pale-yellowish, 7.5-iox3-4/x.. 



Pileus 2-5 in. broad. Stem 2-3 in. long, 6 lines thick. 



Woods, especially of pine. North Carolina, Curtis, Scliweinitz; Cali- 

 fornia, Harkness, Moore; Rhode Island, Bennett. Peck, Boleti of the U. S. 



West Virginia mountains, 1882-1885. Haddonfield, N. J., Mcllvaine; 

 Doylestown, Pa., PascJiall. Quite common on flat benches where hem- 

 locks and spruces have grown. 



When the caps are cooked they are sweet, nutty, excellent. 



B. Roxa'nse Frost. Pileus broadly convex, at first subtomentose, 

 then covered with red hairs in bundles, yellowish-brown. Flesh yel- 

 lowish-white. Tubes at first whitish, then light-yellow, arcuate-adnate 

 or slightly depressed around the stem, the mouths small. Stem en- 

 larged toward the base, striate at the apex, yellowish or pale-cinnamon. 

 Spores IOX4/A. 



Var. auricolor. Pileus and subequal stem bright-yellow, the to- 

 mentum of the pileus yellow. 



Pileus 1.5-3 m - broad. Stem 1-2 in. long, 3-5 lines thick. 



Borders of woods. New England, Frost; New York, Peck. 



Peck, Boleti of the U. S. 



B. strise'pes Seer. striate stem. Pileus convex or plane, soft, silky, 

 olivaceous, the cuticle rust-color within. Flesh white, yellow next the 

 tubes, sparingly changing to blue. Tubes adnate, greenish, their 

 mouths minute, angular, yellow. Stem firm, curved, marked with 

 brownish-black striations, yellow, velvety and brownish-rufescent at the 

 base. Spores lo-i 3x4/4. 



Pine and oak woods. Minnesota, Johnson. 



I have seen no specimens of this species, which is recorded from but 

 one locality in our country. The character flesh sparingly changing 

 to blue is given on the authority of Rev. M.J.Berkeley. Peck, Boleti 

 of the U. S. 



B. chrysen'teron Fr. golden within. Pileus convex or plane, soft, 

 floccose-squamulose, often cracked in areas, brown or brick-red. Flesh 

 yellow, red beneath the ctiticle, often slightly changing to blue where 



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