Il8 BRITISH EDIBLE FUNGI. 



The stem is one or two inches long, and about half an 

 inch thick, yellowish, the upper part granulated with 

 little points, without a collar or ring, but often 

 sprinkled with little drops as if of exuded moisture. 

 The tubes should be removed before cooking. 



A bright yellow species {Boletus elegans), also found 

 under fir trees, is reputed to be good eating. The cap 

 is convex, golden yellow, very viscid, from two to 

 three inches in diameter, the under surface is of a 

 sulphury yellow, and the mouth of the pores angular, 

 running a little way down the stem. The stem is 

 usually cylindrical, almost equal, four inches long, and 

 half an inch thick, pale yellow at first, then reddish, 

 with a pendulous collar or ring in the upper portion, 

 above the ring punctate with little dots. The flesh is 

 of a pale yellow, and rather firm. Although this 

 species is common enough, we have never tried its 

 edible qualities, having been sufficiently satisfied' with 

 the granular boletus. 



Some of our friends have commended the "bay 

 boletus" {Boletus badius), although we have always 

 suspected it to be only second rate. It delights most 

 in pine woods, and the cap is convex, which it main- 

 tains, about three. or four inches in diameter, soft and 

 sticky in wet weather, but rather shining when dry, of 

 a tawny bay colour, darker when wet and then deep 

 bay ; pores rather large and angular, of a dingy 

 yellowish white at first, and at length greenish. The 

 stem is nearly equal throughout, erect, and four or 



