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Scattered. Stem 2-3 in. long, almost 1 in. thick attenu- 

 ated upwards, firm, glabrous, solid, very distinctly reticu- 

 lated, whitish when young, then yellowish, becoming slightly 

 greyish or yellowish-olive when bruised. Pileus pulvinate, 

 2-4 in. broad, pubescent when young, soon becoming very 

 glabrous, dry, foxy-brown with a reddish tinge, in young 

 specimens the margin is acutely incurved, then becoming 

 patent and obtuse; under surface concave when young, 

 then plane. Tubes short, straight, white, shorter than 

 the thickness of the soft, spongy, white, unchangeable 

 flesh. Pores variable, subrotund or unequal, elongated or 

 not longer than broad, white, unchangeable. (Fries.) 



A specimen agreeing admirably with the above detailed 

 description by Fries, was collected in a beech wood in the 

 New Forest. The species appears to be very rare every- 

 where, and was only once collected by Fries in 1815. 

 Distinguished at once by the dark reddish-brown, glabrous 

 pileus, white tubes, and beautifully reticulated pale stem. 

 There is no tinge of blue at any part when cut or broken. 



Boletus viscidus. Linn. 



Pileus 3-4 in. across, convex, soft, smooth, viscid, pale 

 dingy yellowish or pale buff, often with greenish stains, 

 flesh thick, white, unchangeable, margin of pileus acute, 

 often with fragments of the veil attached ; tubes about ^ in. 

 long, adnate, openings large, unequal, more or less radially 

 elongated, pale grey then brownish ; stem 2-3 in. long, ^ in. 

 thick, viscid, pale yellow, vaguely reticulated upwards, and 

 with fragments of the veil adhering here and there, sub- 

 equal or thickened at the base, ring imperfect, solid, flesh 

 yellow at the base; spores subfusiform, brownish-green, 

 9-10 X 3 /A. 



Boletus viscidus, Linn., Suec, n. 1248 ; Oke., Hdbk., 

 p. 259. 



In woods. Closely allied to Boletus laricinus. Berk., but 

 distinguished by the yellow tone of pileus and stem, also by 

 the large openings to the pores, which are radially elongated, 

 and by the smaller spores. 



Boletus scaber. Fries. 

 Pileus 3-6 in. across, very convex, smooth, even, viscid 

 when moist, at length more or less rugulose and often 



