96 MUSHROOMS. 



YeUow or Orange. 



red. "We found it growing on an old stump, 

 in pine woods, in the month of August. 



BOLETUS GRANULATUS = granules. 

 The Granulated Boletus. 



This Boletus varies much in color. In our 

 specimen it w^as a pinkish-yellow, and covered 

 with yellow spots of a darker shade. We 

 found it in all sizes, from 2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Cap was convex, nearly plane, viscid when 

 mois't. It became more of a yellow color when 

 it was dry. Flesh pale yellow. The tubes 

 were adnate, short and yellowish. Stem 1 to 

 2 inches long, 4 to 6 lines thick. Some were 

 united in tufts (csespitose), others were gre- 

 garious (in groups) or solitary. They grew 

 on the edge of pine woods, and near the road- 

 side. The stem was dotted in the upper part 

 with glandules and was pale yellow. 



BOLETUS CYANESOENS = bright blue. 

 The Bluing Boletus. 



Cap a light pale brownish-yellow, or a light 

 yellow color (alutaceous), 2 to 5 inches broad, 

 with minute wooly scales, convex or nearly 

 plane. Flesh white, changing quickly to blue 



