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England, New York, and Virginia, as well as from North Carolina. 

 Boletus felleus Bull. 



Collected only once or twice, but probably common later. 



This abundant and widely distributed plant is easily known by 

 the bitter taste of its flesh. The tubes are flesh-colored and the 

 cap usually some shade of brown. When fully grown, it is 

 sometimes over a foot in diameter. Said to be poisonous. 



Boletus fumosipes Peck. 



Rather common on shaded roadside banks. 



This species has been almost unknown except to Professor Peck, 

 who described it in 1898 from material collected at Port Jefferson, 

 Long Island. Professor Atkinson found it in abundance in 

 North Carolina, and I collected it also in Virginia. It is pecu- 

 liar in having a pale bluish-green band at the top of the stipe. 

 The cap is also very reticulate-rimose, and the tubes an unusual 

 grayish-white, afterwards discolored by the deep ochraceous- 

 brown spores. When once seen, it is difficult to confuse it with 

 any other species. 



Boletus gracilis Peck. 



Collected three or four times, but only one plant was found 

 on each occasion. 



This species is not generally well known, although said to be 

 abundant in some localities. It belongs to a small group having 

 flesh-colored spores, which tinge the white tubes at maturity. 

 B. felleus, B. indecisiis, and^. nigi^elhis ^Lve. large plants with thick 

 stems, from which B. gracilis is easily distinguished by its slender 

 habit and small size. 



Boletus granulatus L. 



Common, preferring open places in woods, and found more 

 abundantly near pines. 



This species is quite common in the eastern United States, 

 usually appearing in scattered groups near pine trees. The cap 

 is very slimy and brownish when moist, changing to yellow on 

 partial drying ; the tubes and stem are yellowish, with viscid 

 dots which become black on drying. It is rather easy to con- 

 fuse this species with B. ainericanus. Edible. 



