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In the color of the cap it approaches the brown mushroom var. 

 u m b r i n u s Vitt., but that has an even cap and a squamulose stem. 

 The cap also resembles that of var. villaticus Brond., but 

 that also has the stem squamose below the collar. It inhabits rich 

 soil and was found in October at Schenectady by Mrs Geo. E. 

 Duryee. The flesh is firm but not tough. It affords a very sub- 

 stantial, enjoyable and satisfactory dish scarcely inferior in this 

 respect to the common mushroom. 



Boletus albidipes Pk. 



Boletus granulatus albidipes Pk. N. Y. State Mas. Rep't 54, p. 168 



WHITE STEM BOLETUS 



Plate ISO, figures 1-5 

 Pileus fleshy, convex becoming broadly convex or nearly plane, 

 viscid or glutinous, yellowish white when young becoming pale 

 ochraceous with age and then obscurely spotted by the drying gluten, 

 flesh white, tubes plane, adnate, whitish in the young plant, becoming 

 yellow and finally brownish ochraceous, the edges of the dissepi- 

 ments naked or rarely with few glandular dots ; stem short, equal, 

 solid, white, with few or no glandular dots at the top ; spores 8-10 x 



3-4 z^- 



Pileus 5-8 cm broad ; stem 2.5-5 cm long, 8-12 mm thick. 



The white stem boletus is related to the granular boletus. Bole- 

 tus granulatus L. It may be separated from that species by 

 its paler cap, white flesh and few or no glandular dots at the top 

 of the stem and on the edge of the dissepiments of the tubes. Gre- 

 garious. Under or near white pine trees. The cap is 2-4 inches 

 broad ; stem 1-2 inches long, 4-6 lines thick. This is an excellent 

 edible species and may be sought in September in pine groves or 

 under or near white pine trees, specially in rocky places. 



