Boletus—conf. 
B. fulvidus, Fries. 
Under trees. A. 
B. castaneus, Bull. 
Under trees. A rare fungus, 
readily recognised the 
minutely velvety pale chest- 
nut-coloured pileus and stem. 
A 
B. spadiceus, Schaef. 
Under trees. A. 
B. radicans, Pers. 
Under trees. A. 
B. duriusculus, Schulzer. 
On the ground. The flesh 
turns copper-coloured when 
eut or bruised. š 
B. radicans, Pers. 
Among grass under trees. 
B. badius, Z 
Among grass. 
B. bovinus, Z. 
Under pines. 
B. granulatus, 
Under trees. 
A. 
KY 
A. 
L. 
Edible, A. 
rose-coloured cap or pileus 
4—6 inches across. 
B. luridus, Schaeff. 
On the ground under trees. 
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Poisonous. 
The cap or 
pileus resembles a penny bun 
in shape, size, and colour. 
Edible. Q. 
B. purpureus, Fries. 
Urder trees. A. 
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B. rubinus, W. G. Smith. 
Under beeches. A. 
B. viscidus, Z 
Under trees. Q. 
B. laricinus, Berk. 
Under pines. A. 
B. scaber, Fries. 
Among grass. Edible. 
B. caespitosus, Mass. 
Among grass under trees. The 
only British species of Boletus 
that grows in dense clusters, 
(Brit. Fungus-Flora, i., 297.) 
A. 
A4Q. 
Fistulina, Bull. 
F. Hepatica, Fries. 
On living trunks of old oak 
trees. hen well grown 
forming large iare weighing 
beef when cut in slices, hence 
the popular name beefsteak 
eN Edible. A., B. 
Polyporus, Micheli. 
P. rufescens, Fries 
On stumps. Q. 
P. squamosus, Fries. 
On living trunks of various 
trees. Common. An elegant 
fungus, but a destructive 
parasite 
P. melanopus, Fries. 
On buried wood. A. 
P. picipes, Fries. 
On willow trunks. 
P. varius, Fries 
On fallen trunks and stumps. 
A., Q. 
rf. 
P. elegans, Fries, 
On birch trunk. Q. 
Var. nummularius, Fries. 
On fallen trunks. Q. 
P. giganteus, Fries. 
At the base of trunks. The 
large overlapping pilei often 
form patches 2-3 feet across 
À. 
B 
