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irregular, rarely somewhat sinuous or gill-ike near the stem, 
pale yellowish flesh or dingy yellow, becoming browner when 
0. Stem usually about 14 to 14 inch is in large speci- 
ens 3 inches high, slender or stout inch thick), 
Spores conde not 'fmumm -sha ed"), pale yellowish, 
to 11) x 34 to 42 p. Neutral Bay aad Nie February 
to May (Mis iss Clarke, Watercolour 202); North Bridge, 
April (Miss Clarke, Watercolour 95); National Park, N.S. 
Wales, May. 
Colour tints noted : —Pileus fiery red (pl. 80, Ton 4) when, 
wet, dull and more crimson when dry, to reddish chrome (pl. 
51, Ton 4) at edge; orange cadmium (pl. 85, Ton 4); deep- 
orange ca l A on 1); scarlet (pl. 49, 4); 
dull madder-red (pl. 97, Ton 4); carrot red fiam lake) 
(pl. 55, Ton 2); blood-red brown (faint) , Ton 
cherry red (cerise) (pl. 91, Ton 4); nearly taa Hind (p 
310, Ton 1); yellowish-white (pl. 13, Ton 4); yolk yellow 
(pl. 24, To ores, in one specimen, a little greyer than 
purplish-white (pl. 6, Ton Stem, E yellow ( in 
85, Ton 2) ; yellowish- white (pl. 13, Ton 4) at the top; a little 
brighter than honey m (pl. 35, Ton 1) tipo with faint 
brown lake He 336, Ton 1). 
Pileus 3 ad. liii: interdum ad 9'3 cm. latus, convexus 
ad pallens irregularis, subviscidus, scarla tinus, 
coccineus aut  aurantiaco-scarlatinus. Tubi adnati, 
9-7 mm., flavido-albidi. Stipes 3 ad 375 cm. altus, 
interdum ad 7:5 cm. altus, subtenuis aut crassus (12-1:9 
cm. latus), colore flavo, flavo-pallido aut aurantiaco- 
scarlatino tinctus. Sporae ellipticae, 55-85 x 34-42 p, 
interdum 8:5-11 x 338-42 y. 
This species resembles Boletus Ballouii, pie (N. York 
State Pf Mus. Bull. 157, 1911, p. 22, pl. v gs. 
but the colour i is much more brilliant than in his an eT ea 
ral description and spore shape anc ws measure- 
The species les 
