POLY FOR AC E^E 'Boletus 



j. Carlo see. 



1511. B. cyaneseens Bull, (from the change of colour in the flesh to 



blue ; cyaneus, dark blue) a b c. 



/V convex, floccoso-scaly, brownish-ochre. St. equal to clavate, 

 spongy-cavernous, dry, cracking, slightly annulate when young, 

 squamose, corticate, .. colour as P. T. adnato- or adnexo- 

 rounded, yellowish-white or faintly-shaded olive. Flesh 

 yellowish- or brownish-white, changing to blue. 

 Taste ; none. Woods, mixed ; rare.,, July-Sept. 3J X 3$ X ij in. Whole 

 plant dry like 1516, drying in decay, not decomposing. Wholly veiled in 

 infancy by a thick floccose coat. Changes to sulphur-yellow when dry. 



'1M2. B. eastaiieus Bull, (from the colour of the pileus; castanea, the 



chestnut) a b c. 



P. convex, 'expanded, velvety, sometimes becoming repand, 

 yellowish-white or vinous-cream, then cinnamon. St. clavate, 

 velvety, corticate, cracking transversely, stuffed to hollow, 

 colour as P. '7*. free, whitish-sulphur to pale primrose, 

 becoming clouded or spotted pale brownish. 'Flesh white. 

 Woods, pastures under trees, amongst brambles ; rare. Aug.-Oct. 

 3 X 2| x f in. 



1513. B. fulvidus Fr. (from the yellowish-brown or tawny pileus ; 



fulvus, tawny) a b. 



P. convex to plane, smooth, shining,, rigid, yellowish- or 

 brownishrorange. St. equal to subclayate, cracking, stuffed to 

 hollow, colour as P,, paler below, T. free, white to sulphur- 

 yellowish. , . Flesh white to yellowish. 



Taste sweet, nutty. Under trees, oak. Aug.-Sept. 2f x 2 x f in. 



SUBGENUS 2. GVRODON. 



(From the gyroso-toothed tubes ; Gr. odous, a tooth.) 



1514. B. esespitosus Mass, (from the caespitose habit) a. 



P. hemispherical, tomentose, 'dry olivaceous-umber; marg. pale 

 rose. Sf. solid, even;, glabrous, yellow,, base "dull red. 'T. very 

 short. j*a. yellow* Flesk firm, yellow, changing to dark blue or 

 bluish-black, then rufous fading to diiir white, dingy-red at base. 



Densely fasciculate, stems -mote .or less connate at base. Under trees, 

 ^ ti amongst.grass. Aug. 2^ x" 2$ X I in. 1 .^ 1 .,, 

 1514a. B. Sistotrema Fr. (from the resemblance in the tubes to those 

 of Sistotrema) a. ..,,,>... ^,^ 



P. fleshy at mid., thin at marg. where it is flattened above and 

 below, glabrous, dryi rufous 1 or yellowish-brown. S// equal: or 

 slightly enlarged below, ev^n, pallid rufous" or as T., tinged 

 pale brown. T. adnate, short, unequal, yellow-tawny or pale 

 yellowish-sulphur. Po. "becoming gyroso-plicate. Flesh white 

 cloucled'pale sulphur. 



Dry woods. 'Autumn. 2f X "2| X f in. Var. brachyporus W. G. Sm. 

 {Boletus brachyporus Rostk.) P. white. St. white, pale sulphur below. 

 T. pale sulphur. Flesh sulphur-white. Changing to pale green where 

 touched. 



