Polyporaceee 



Boletus, wounded. Tubes subadnate; greenish-yellow," changing to blue where 

 wounded; their mouths rather large, angular, unequal. Stem subequal, 

 rigid, fibrous-striate, red or pale-yellow. Spores fusiform, pale-brown, 

 11-12.5x4-5^. 



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



Woods and mossy banks. 



The species is common and very variable. The color of the pileus 

 may be yellowish-brown, reddish-brown, brick-red, tawny or olivaceous. 

 The subcutaneous reddish tint and the reddish chinks of the cracked 

 pileus are distinguishing features. Wounds of the tubes sometimes 

 become blue then greenish. Authors disagree concerning the edible 

 qualities of this Boletus. Stevenson gives it as edible, but Cordier and 

 Gillet say that it is regarded with suspicion. In one strongly marked 

 form the tubes are decidedly depressed around the stem, in another the 

 flesh is whitish tinged with red. It may be doubted whether these are 

 varieties or distinct species. Peck, Boleti of the U. S. 



I have found, and eaten plentifully of this species in West Virginia, 

 North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, from July until October. 

 I have no hesitancy in recommending it in all of its varieties. Excepting 

 from very young specimens the tubes and stems should be removed. 

 The flesh is sweet, delicate and toothsome. 



B. fumo'sipes Pk. Pileus convex or nearly plane, minutely tomen- 

 tose, sometimes minutely rivulose, dark olive-brown. Flesh whitish. 

 Tubes at first nearly plane, becoming convex with age, their mouths 

 whitish when young, becoming yellowish-brown, changing to bluish- 

 black where bruised. Stem equal, solid, smoky-brown, minutely scurfy 

 under a lens. Spores purplish-brown, 12.5-15x5-6^. 



Pileus 1-2 in. broad. Stem 1-2 in. long, 3-4 lines thick. 



Woods. Port Jefferson. July. 



This species resembles small dark-colored forms of B. chrysenteron, 

 and this resemblance is still more noticeable in those specimens in which 

 the pileus cracks in areas, for in these the chinks become red as in that 

 species. The different color of the stem and tubes will at once separate 

 these species. Peck, 5oth Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



B. ru'beus Frost red. Pileus broadly convex, very finely appressed 

 subtomentose, bright brick-red when young, becoming mottled with red 



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