Fungi with Pores—Boletacez 
Boletus scaber 
Cap—Smooth, viscid when moist, or minutely woolly, velvety, or 
scaly. 1-5 inches wide. Colour ranges from nearly white 
to almost black. 
Tubes—Free from the stem, white, long. Mouths minute. 
Flesh—W hite. 
Stem—Long, ground colour whitish, roughened with blackish 
brown or reddish dots or scales. 3-5 inches long. 
Habitat—Common in woods, swampy and open places. 
Orange-cap Boletus 
Boletus versipellis 
Cap—Orange red. 2-6 inches wide. Dry, minutely woolly, 
then scaly or smooth. Margin edged with the remains of 
the veil. 
Flesh—W hite or greyish. 
Zubes—Long. Mouths minute. Greyish-white. 
Stem—Solid ; white scaly wrinkles. Whitish colour. 3-5 
inches long. : 
Habitat—W oods and open places. 
; Chestnut Boletus 
Boletus castaneus 
Cap—Dry, minutely velvety. Cinnamon or reddish-brown. 1-3 
inches broad. 
Flesh—W hite. 
Tubes—White, becoming yellow. Short, and free from the stem. 
Stem—Clothed and coloured like the cap. 1-234 inches high. 
ffabitat—W oods and open places. 
Boletus eximius 
Cap—Purplish-brown or chocolate colour, fading to smoky red 
or pale chestnut. 3-10 inches broad. 
Flesh—Greyish or reddish white. 
Tubes—Resembling the cap in colour. Mouths minute. 
Stem—Stout, covered with.a meal-like powder. Colour resembling 
the cap, grey tinged with purple within. 2-4 inches long. 
Habitat—W oods. 
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