Genus Boletus 
Purple Boletus 
Boletus purpureus 
Cap—Dry, velvety. Purple red. 
Flesh—Changing to blue, and then to dark yellow in the young 
plant. 
Tubes—Yellow or greenish yellow. Mouths minute, orange 
tinged with purple, changing to blue where wounded. 
Stem—Stout, with purple veins or dots. Apex sometimes covered 
with a network. Yellow, reddish within. 
Habitat—W oods. 
Boletus Satanus 
Cap—Smooth, somewhat sticky. 
Pale brown or whitish. 
3-8 inches broad. 
Flesh—Whitish, becoming red- 
dish or violet when 
wounded. Very poison- 
ous. 
Tubes—Y ellow. Mouths bright- 
red, becoming orange. 
Stem—Thick, swollen, marked 
above with a red network. 
2-3 inches long. 
Habitat—W oods. 
B. Satanus 
Bitter Boletus 
Boletus felleus 
Cap—Smooth, pale yellowish, greyish brown, yellowish brown, 
reddish brown, or chestnut. 3-8 inches broad. 
Flesh—White, changing to flesh colour when bruised. Taste 
bitter. 
Tubes—W hite, becoming flesh colour. Mouths angular. Adnate 
to the stem. 
Stem—Covered with network. Colour similar to the cap. 2-4 
inches long. 
Habitat—W oods and open places. 
Piir-pi’-ré-tis Sa-ta’-ntis Fél'-lé-tis 
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