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nearly equal, partially or wholly scarlet, reticulated ; tubes 

 minute, adnate, angular, yellow. — Krovib. t. 37. /. 1-7. 



In mixed woods. King's Cliffe. Extremely beautiful. 



IG. B. olivaceus, Schceff. ; pileus convex, even, at length 

 smooth, olive-brown ; margin at first inflexed ; stem firm, 

 clavato-bulbous, yellowish at the top, blood-coloured below, 

 reticulate and punctate ; tubes adnate, short, minute, unequal, 

 brown-olive. — ScJueff. t. 105. 



In woods. Hare. Purton, in the ' Midland Flora.' 



17. B. pachypus, F?*. ; pileus pulvinate, dry, subtomen- 

 tose, brownish, then pallid-tan ; stem thick, firm, reticulated, 

 variegated with yellow and red; tubes somewhat elongated, 

 shorter near the stem, almost free, yellow; orifice of the same 

 colour. 



In woods. Not common. Scotland, Klotzsch. Fleshy, 

 changing partially to blue. 



**** Orifice of tubes red. 



18. B. Satanas, Lenz. ; pileus pulvinate, smooth, slightly 

 viscid, brownish-tan, then nearly white; stem blunt, ovato- 

 ventricose, reticulated above, blood-red; tubes free, minute, 

 yellow ; orifice from the beginning blood-red. — Lenz. f. 33 ; 

 Huss. i. t. 7. 



In woods. Not common. King's Cliffe, 1818, 1858. A 

 large, poisonous species. 



19. B. luridus, Fr. ; pileus pulvinate, tomentose, umber- 

 olive, then somewhat viscid, dingy ; stem stout, vermilion, 

 either netted or dotted ; tubes free, round, yellow, then 

 green ; mouth vermilion, then orange. (Plate 15, fig. 5.) 



In woods and woodland pastures. Very common. Poison- 

 ous. Changes rapidly to blue when cut or bruised. 



20. B. erythropus, P. ; pileus tomentose, almost velvety, 



