BOLETI OF THE UNITED STATES. gi 
excellent; Cordier, that he has eaten it and finds it good; 
Gillet, that it is extensively consumed in Germany; Curtis 
that it is edible, and the writer has eaten it. Stevenson 
says it is edible and highly esteemed like other Boleti, that 
the flesh is tender but the tubes should be scraped away, as 
in all the species, before cooking. 
The species is rare in this state, and it is clear that B. 
subluteus has in some instances been confused with it, as is 
shown by specimens received from Mr. Frost. 
Boletus subluteus Px. 
SMALL YELLOWISH BOLETUS 
Bull. N. Y. S. Mus. 2, p. 62. Boletus luteus, Rep. 23, p. 128. Cat. Buff. 
Plants, p. 118. 
Pileus convex or nearly plane, viscid or glutinous when 
moist, often obscurely virgate-spotted, dingy yellowish, in- 
clining to ferruginous-brown, flesh whitish varying to dull 
yellowish ; tubes plane or convex, adnate, small, subrotund, 
yellow becoming ochraceous; stem equal, s/ender, pallid or 
yellowish, dotted both above and below the annulus with red- 
dish or brownish glandules, annulus submembranous, g7z¢z- 
nous, at first concealing the tubes, then generally collapsing 
and forming a narrow whitish or brownish band around the 
stem; spores subfusiform, ochraceo-ferruginous, .0003 to 
.0004 in. long, .00016 to .0002 broad. 
Pilews, 145 tO) 3) im. broad; stem 1.5 to 25, in. long, 2 to 4 
lines thick. 
Sandy soil in pine woods. New York, Peck, Clinton. 
New England, Frost. 
The species is closely related to B. luteus, from which it 
differs in its smaller size, more slender stem and glutinous 
collapsing veil. This does not cover the lower part of the 
stem like a sheath, but forms a narrow band with scarcely 
any spreading margin. Besides, the stem is conspicuously 
dotted both above and below the annulus. The markings 
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