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SUSPICIOUS BOLETI 



Alveolate Boletus— Boletus alveolatus 



Pileus: Smooth, polished; bright, deep crimson or maroon, 

 occasionally mottled or marbled with yellowish ; three to 

 six inches in diameter. 



Flesh: Firm and solid in substance; pale greenish or yellow- 

 ish white, changing blue in fracture or where bruised. 



Tubes: Tube -surface reaching the stem proper; undulate 

 with uneven hollows; maroon, the tubes in section being 

 yellow beyond their dark red mouths. 



Spores: Yellowish brown. 



Stem : Usually disproportionately long, covered with depres- 

 sions or oblong pitted indentations, with intermediate 

 coarse network of raised ridges; red and yellow. 



Habitat: Woods; quite common. 



Bitter Boletus— Boletus felleus 



Pileus : At first firm in substance, becoming soft and cushion- 

 like; smooth, without polish, varying in color from pale 

 ochre to yellowish or reddish brown; diameter three to 

 nine inches. 



Flesh: White on immediate section, generally changing to 

 slight pinkish or flesh color in fracture. 



Tubes : Tube-surface rounded upward as it reaches stem ; 

 white at first, becoming dull pinkish with age, or upon 

 being bruised. 



Spores : Flesh colored or dull pink. 



Stem : Usually quite stout, nearly as smooth as the cap, and 

 somewhat lighter in color; more or less ridged with coarse 

 reticulations, occasionally covered with them to its thick- 

 ened base. 



Taste: Bitter. 



Habitat: Rich woods and copses, often about decaying 

 trunks. 



