BOLETI OF THE UNITED STATES 77 
Boletinus pictus Px. 
PaIntTED BOLETINUS 
. Boletus pictus Rep. 23, p. 128. Boletus Spraguez B. & C., Grevillea, Vol. I, 
P- 35 
Pileus convex or nearly plane, at first covered with a red 
frbrillose tomentum which soon divides into small scales reveal- 
ang the yellow color of the prleus beneath, flesh yellow, often 
slowly changing to dull pinkish or reddish tints where 
wounded; tubes tenacious, at first pale-yellow, becoming 
darker or dingy ochraceous with age, sometimes changing 
to pinkish-brown where bruised, concealed in the young 
plant by the copious whitish webby veil; stem equal or 
nearly so, sold, slightly and somewhat evanescently annu- 
late, clothed and colored like or a little paler than the pileus, 
yellowish at the top; spores ochraceous, .00035 to .00045 
in. long, .00016 to .coo2 broad. | 
Pileus 2 to 4 in. broad; stem 1.5 to 3 in. long, 3 to 6 lines 
thick. 
Woods and mossy swamps. New York, Peck. New 
England, Sprague, Frost. North Carolina, C. J. Curtzs. 
This species is easily recognized by the beautiful red 
scales of the pileus which are more distinct by contrast 
with the yellowish background. The colors are not well 
retained by the dried specimens. The flesh is yellow, but 
on exposure to the air it sometimes slowly assumes pinkish 
reddish or garnet tints. In Bb. Spraguez, it is said to vary 
from yellow to purplish. As I can detect no other marked 
difference in the description of that species, it does not seem 
to me to be specifically distinct, and especially so because 
this character is clearly a variable one in B. pictus. The 
more prominent radiating lamellz are less distinct in this 
species than in the others, but they are generally percepti- 
ble in the young hymenium. The plant is common in New 
York and grows especially in pine woods. 
