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yellow ; pores minute, somewhat round. Kroiub. t. 36, 

 /. 19, 20. 



In mixed woods. Glamis. 



19. B. radicans, P. ; pileus olivaceous-cinereous, then 

 pale yellowish, pulvinate, dry, somewhat tomentose, margin 

 thin, involute ; flesh light yellow, becoming dark azure- 

 blue ; stem attenuato-rooted, even, light yellow, flocculose, 

 with reddish pruina, naked, dark when touched ; tubes 

 aduate ; pores unequal, large, lemon yellow. Opatowsky . 

 Bolet. t. 1. 



In woods. Epping Forest. Taste bitterish. 



20. B. rubinus, Sm. ; pileus 2-3 in., yellow-fuscous, 

 pulvinato-gibbous, then plane, dry, somewhat tomentose, 

 slightly cracked ; flesh vivid yellow, wholly unchangeable ; 

 stem yellow, smeared with crimson, irregular ; tubes some- 

 what decurrent, compound, medium size, wholly carmine. 

 Jour. Bot. 1868, /. 75, /. 1-4. 



Under trees. Caddington, Dunstable, Epping Forest. 

 In mixed woods. 



c. SuBPRUiNOSi. — Tubes adnate to stem, i/elloioish ; stem equal, 

 even, not bulbous or reticulated ; pileus smooth or pruinose. 



21. B. versicolor, Rostk. ; pileus convex, then plane, dry, 

 even, smooth, or pulverulent, blood-red ; flesh yellow ; stem 

 solid, firm, smooth, more or less equal, base yellow; tubes 

 rounded behind, adnate, yellow ; pores large, angular. 

 Rostk. t. 10. 



In beech woods. Epping Forest. 



22. B. pruinatus, Fr. ; pileus 2 in, purplish bay-brown, 

 umber-pruinose, convex, then plane, rigid, dry ; flesh white, 

 obsoletely green or azure-bluish; stem firm, somewhat 

 veutricose, even, smooth, variegated yellow and reddish ; 



