POLYPOREI. 277 



tubes adnate, light yellow; pores minute, round. Bull, 

 t. 393, /. B.C. 



On grassy ground. Kew. 



23. B. parasiticus, Bull. (p. 231) ; 1-2 in. Epping 

 Forest. 



D. Calopodes. — ^item stout., at first hulhous, in typical species 

 reticulated inith veins ; tubes adimte ; p>ores not reddish. 



2 Jr. B. variecolor, 7^. and Br.; pileus olivaceous, convex, 

 somewhat tomentose, margin involute ; flesh dark purple 

 under the cuticle ; stem bulbous, attenuated upwards, reti- 

 culated at apex, yellowish downwards, rufescent and deli- 

 cately pubescent upwards ; tubes minute, free, yellow. 

 B. and Br. n. 1020, L 13,/. 3. 



In woods, etc. Uncommon. 



25. B. calopus, Fr. (p. 232) ; 4 in. Epping Forest. 



26. B. olivaceus, Schcpff. (p. 233) ; 2-3 in. 



27. B. paehypus, Fr. (p. 233) ; 4-8 in. Epping Forest. 



28. B. eandicans, Fr. ; pileus 4-8 in., leathery, smooth 

 and polished when dry, dirty white, with a faint greenish 

 tinge, margin irregular, somewhat crenate ; stem lemon- 

 white, reticulated, solid ; flesh changing rapidly from white 

 to indigo-blue on exposure to air ; tubes lemon ; orifices 

 uneven and irregular. S. and Sm. Myc. 111. t. 17. 



In open spaces among grass. Epping Forest. 



E. Edules. — Tubes not reddish at orifice, rounded and 



aboiit stem, somewhat free ; stem stout, bulbous, not [except in 

 B. edulis) reticulated, or dotted vnth small scales or red colour ; 

 fiesh scarcely changing colour ; taste jileasant. 



29. B. edulis, Bull. (p. 234) ; 3-6 in. Epping Forest. 



30. B. sereus. Bull. ; pileus small, olivaceous-fuscous 

 somewhat blackish, pulvinate, smooth, somewhat pelliculose ; 



