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Boletus Morgan: Peck. 



A single fine specimen was collected by Dr. Schenck on one 

 of the mountain trails. After my departure Dr. House found 

 several specimens, which he sent to the Garden Herbarium. Dr. 

 Harper also collected it recently in Georgia. 



This is a rare species, described from Kentucky and found in 

 Virginia and one or two other states. Cap viscid, smooth, per- 

 fectly glabrous, shining testaceous; tubes flavous, becoming green- 

 ish from the spores ; stem very long and rough with deep reticu- 

 lations, flavous above, purplish-stained below. The long rough 

 stem should distinguish it from all other boleti except B. Russellii, 

 which differs in having a dry, tomentose cap. 



Boletus Peckii Frost. 



One of the most common species, usually along the roads in 

 rather open woods. 



Easily recognized by its red cap with a bloom like that of a 

 peach. The tubes and upper part of the stem are yellow, the re- 

 mainder of the stem red, and the whole surface reticulated. The 

 stem of B. speciosus is entirely yellow and that of B. bicolor is 

 not reticulated. Reported edible. 



Boletus Ravenelii B. & C. 



About ten plants were collected in all, some of them very fine. 

 Dr. House later found many more. This was one of the few 

 species that preferred the deep shade of the mountain laurel. 



Cap dull reddish, both it and the stem covered with a light 

 yellow powder, by which the plant is readily distinguished. The 

 conspicuous veil was found more than once covered with a print 

 of the olive-green spores. As the stem elongates, part of the 

 veil remains attached to the margin of the cap and part forms a 

 clinging cortina on the stem. I tasted the flesh and found it 

 sweet. This beautiful species has been severar times reported in 

 the eastern United States, but it is not abundant. 



Boletus retipes B. & C. 



A common species in thin woods. 



This species was first described from plants collected by Curtis 

 in North Carolina. It has since been found quite commonly in 



