124 BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Boletus speciosus Frost 
HanpsomeE Bo.Letus 
Bull. Buff. Soc., 1874, p. 101 
Pileus at first very thick, subglobose, compact, then softer, 
convex, glabrous or nearly so, red, flesh pale-yellow or bright 
lemon-yellow, changing to blue where wounded; tubes 
adnate, small, subrotund, plane or but slightly depressed 
around the stem, bright lemon-yellow, becoming dingy- 
yellow with age, changing to blue where wounded; stem 
stout, subequal or somewhat bulbous, reticulated, drzght 
lemon-yellow without and wthin, sometimes reddish at the 
base ; spores oblong-fusiform, pale ochraceous-brown, .0004 
to .0005 in. long, .00016 to .oooz broad. 
Pileus 3) to 7 in. broad jstem=2 to 4 in) long iomtoman 
lines thick. 
Thin woods. New England, Avost. New York, Peck. 
This is a very beautiful Boletus. When young, the whole 
plant except the surface of the pileus is of a vivid lemon- 
yellow color. Wounds quickly change to green, then to 
blue. The color of the pileus approaches closely to sol- 
ferino. 
Boletus Peckii Frost 
Paes Ikons 
Rep. 29, p. 45 
Pileus convex, firm, dry, subglabrous, ved, fading to yellow- 
ash-red or buff-brown with age, the margin usually retaining 
its red color longer than the disk; tubes adnate or slightly 
decurrent, nearly plane, yellow, changing to blue where 
wounded; stem equal or subventricose, reticulated, ved, yellow 
at the top; spores oblong, pale ochraceous-brown, .00035 to 
.00045 in. long, .00016 to .0002 broad. 
