BOLETI OF THE UNITED STATES 99 
Boletus dichrous E 11s 
DoUBLE-COLORED BOLETUS 
Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, Vol. VI, p. 109. Boletus sguamulosus Ellis, ibid. p. 77 
_ Pileus convex, viscose, dH red, flesh soft, dull yellowish- 
white, changing to greenish-blue where wounded, finally 
yellow ; tubes subdepressed around the stem, large, unequal, 
straw-colored, changing color like the flesh where wounded ; 
stem thickened below, solid, covered with a red sguamutlose 
coat except at the yellow apex, yellow within; spores ellip- 
tical, slightly bent at one end, .0007 in. long. 
Pileus 2 to 3 in. broad; stem 3 in. long, 6 lines thick. 
Dry soil in oak and pine woods. New Jersey, Zlds. 
I have seen no specimens of this species. From the 
description, its affinities appear to be with B. dzcolor, but it 
is placed here because of its viscose pileus. 
Boletus badius Fx. 
Bay Bo.Letus 
Hym. Eur. p. 499. Syl. Fung. Vol. VI, p. 7 
Pileus convex, even, soft, viscose or glutinous, shining 
when dry, tawny-chestnut, flesh whitish tinged with yellow, 
bluish next the tubes ; tubes large, angular, long, adnate or 
sinuate-depressed, whitish-yellow, becoming tinged with 
green; stem subequal, even, solid, paler, drown-pruznate; 
spores fusoid-oblong. | 
Pileus 2 to 3 in. broad; stem 2 to 4 in. long, 3 to 5 lines 
thick. | . 
Woods, especially of pine. New York, Peck. Minnesota, 
Johnson. \Nisconsin, Bundy. : 
According to Karsten the spores are yellowish and .o006 
to .0008 in. long, .0002 to .00024 broad. Dr. Cobelli finds 
