1038 CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



in their pouches by way of perfume, and to 

 ■ render their perfons agreeable to their mif- 

 trefies. 



** Stiphati, 

 luteus 9. B. flipitatus, pileo pulvinato fubvifcido, pons 

 rotundatis convexis flaviffimis, ftipite albido. 

 Sp.pl. 164.6. {Buxbaum. Cent. 5. /. 14. Schcef. 

 fung. t. 114. ei 12^. opi.) 

 , ; Yellow Boletus. Anglis. 

 In woods and paftures. X. 

 . ; The ftalk is folid, about two inches high, a finger 



thick, of a dirty white, pale brown, or yel- 

 lowifli color, fometimes reddifh towards the 

 • top, and when young, furrounded with a 

 brown membranaceous ring. 

 The Pileus is foft and convex, about an inch and 

 half or two inches in diameter, commonly vif- 

 cid when young ; the upper fide of a yellowifli 

 ■ ,] brown, a tawny, or a fufcous color. 



The under fide is bright yellow, without the 

 leaft tinge of green. The pores are equal, 

 round, and large ; their margins lacerated and 

 reflexed. 

 The fielh is thick, foft, and fpongy, and when 

 bruifed or wounded turns of a bluifli color. It 

 alfo readily feparates from the mafs of pores or 

 tubes. 



The 



