56 



a very common and conspicuous toadstool in ou*- pine woods, and 

 a basket-full can be collected in a short time throughout Septem- 

 ber and October, while it is not a rare plant in other months. 



The plants vary from 2 to 3 inches in height, the caps from 1.5 

 to 3 inches broad, and the stem from ^ to ^ inch thick. The 

 cap is generally a fine red -brown though it may be yellowish, and 

 when fresh is very slimy. The flesh is yellowish and thick. The 

 stem has a more or less .noticeable ring, which at first covers the 

 tubes as a glutinous veil. The spores are oblong-spindle shaded, 

 and of a yellowish ironrust cast. 



The Short-Stemmed Boletus. 



(Boletus granulatus). Plate VIII. 



This plant is much like the last in size, but it can easily be told 

 from it. The cap varies in color from a light dirty yellow to 

 gray-mud; the stem is short and without ring or veil. More ex- 

 actly the plant may be thus described: The pileus is convex to 

 nearly plane, ordinarily somewhat undulate or irregular, very vis- 

 cid when moist, varying from yellowish to grayish-brown; flesh 

 pale yellow; tubes short, growing close up about the stem, yellow- 

 ish, the mouths granulated; stem dotted with glandules above. 



This mushroom is in excellence equal to the former and is found 

 growing with it, though it seems to prefer the deeper woods. I 

 have found it, however, growing on bare .spots on hill-tops, un- 

 protected by but not far from trees. 



Other Boleti are found in our woods, but as they have not been 

 tested by the writer, they will be left for future bulletins. 



The Hedge-Hog or Bear's=Head flushroom. 



(Hydnum Caput-Ursi). Plate IX. 



This very conspicuous mushroom is found quite commonly in 

 fir forests, growing up from or hanging down from some old log. 



