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  BULLETIN 
  N. 
  Y. 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  at 
  first 
  yellow, 
  concealed 
  by 
  a 
  reddish 
  glutinous 
  membrane, 
  then 
  

   ochraceous, 
  convex, 
  large, 
  angular, 
  adnate 
  ; 
  stem 
  nearly 
  equal, 
  annu- 
  

   late, 
  yellow 
  above 
  the 
  annul 
  us, 
  red 
  or 
  red 
  with 
  yellow 
  stains 
  below 
  ; 
  

   spores 
  purplish-brown, 
  .0005 
  to 
  .0006 
  in. 
  long, 
  .00025 
  to 
  .00028 
  broad. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  2 
  to 
  5 
  in. 
  broad, 
  stem 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  in. 
  long, 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  Thin 
  woods 
  in 
  swamps. 
  Adirondack 
  mountains. 
  August. 
  

  

  This 
  rare 
  and 
  showy 
  species 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  known 
  only 
  from 
  two 
  

   localities, 
  North 
  Elba, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  first 
  discovered 
  in 
  1869, 
  and 
  at 
  

   Jacksons, 
  near 
  Cedar 
  river, 
  where 
  it 
  occurred 
  in 
  1878. 
  When 
  cut 
  

   the 
  flesh 
  emits 
  a 
  strong, 
  unpleasant 
  odor. 
  Wounds 
  of 
  the 
  flesh, 
  made 
  

   by 
  insects 
  or 
  small 
  animals, 
  had 
  a 
  bright-yellow 
  color. 
  When 
  

   young, 
  the 
  tomentose 
  veil 
  covers 
  the 
  whole 
  plant, 
  but 
  it 
  soon 
  breaks 
  

   up 
  into 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  pileus, 
  and 
  partly 
  or 
  wholly 
  disappears 
  from 
  the 
  

   stem. 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  spores 
  is 
  darker 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   species 
  of 
  this 
  section. 
  

  

  Boletus 
  Elbensis 
  Pk. 
  

  

  Elba 
  Boletus. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  gibbous 
  or 
  convex, 
  smooth, 
  viscid 
  when 
  moist, 
  dingy-gray 
  

   or 
  pinkisk-gray, 
  obscurely 
  virgate-spotted, 
  flesh 
  white 
  ; 
  tubes 
  at 
  first 
  

   whitish, 
  nearly 
  plane, 
  adnate 
  or 
  slightly 
  decurrent, 
  rather 
  large, 
  an- 
  

   gular, 
  becoming 
  dingy 
  or 
  brovvnish-ochraceons 
  ; 
  stem 
  nearly 
  equal, 
  

   annulate, 
  whitish 
  above 
  the 
  annulus, 
  colored 
  like 
  the 
  pileus 
  below, 
  

   sometimes 
  slightly 
  reticulated 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  by 
  the 
  decurrent 
  walls 
  of 
  

   the 
  tubes 
  ; 
  spores 
  ferruginous-brown, 
  .0004 
  to 
  .0005 
  in. 
  long, 
  .00016 
  

   to 
  .0002 
  broad. 
  

  

  Plant 
  subgregarious, 
  pileus 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  in. 
  broad, 
  stem 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  in. 
  long, 
  

   4 
  to 
  6 
  lines 
  thick. 
  

  

  Thin 
  woods 
  of 
  larch, 
  spruce 
  and 
  balsam. 
  Adirondack 
  mountains. 
  

   July 
  to 
  September. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  so 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  European 
  B. 
  laricinus, 
  that 
  

   it 
  might 
  almost 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  that 
  species. 
  I 
  have 
  

   separated 
  it 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  smooth 
  pileus 
  and 
  stem. 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  

   seen 
  the 
  former 
  squamose, 
  nor 
  the 
  latter 
  scrobiculate. 
  From 
  B. 
  

   viscidus 
  it 
  differs 
  decidedly 
  in 
  its 
  coloration. 
  

  

  Boletus_Cliiitoniaiius 
  Pk. 
  

  

  Clinton's 
  Boletus. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  thick, 
  convex, 
  very 
  viscid 
  or 
  glutinous, 
  smooth, 
  soft, 
  shining, 
  

   varying 
  in 
  color, 
  golden- 
  yellow, 
  reddish 
  yellow 
  or 
  chestnut-color, 
  the 
  

   margin 
  thin, 
  flesh 
  pale-yellow, 
  becoming 
  less 
  bright 
  or 
  dingy 
  on 
  ex- 
  

   posure 
  to 
  the 
  air 
  ; 
  tubes 
  nearly 
  plane, 
  adnate 
  or 
  subdecurrent, 
  small, 
  

  

  