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t ognizecl by its red cap with a bloom like that of a peach. The 

 tubes and upper part of the stem are yellow, the remainder of the 

 stem red, and the whole stem, usually, reticulated. The stem of 

 C. speciosus is entirely yellow and that of C. bicolor is not 

 reticulated. 



25. Ceriomyces miniato-olivaceus (Frost) 



Boletus miniato-olivaceus Frost, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Hist. 2 : 

 101. 1874. 



Boletus sensibilis Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 32 : 33. 



1879. (Type from Gansevoort, New York.) 

 Boletus glabellus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 41 : 76. 1888. 



(Type from Menands, New York.) 



Described from Brattleboro, Vermont, from specimens collected 

 by Frost in the borders of woods. Cap vermilion, soon fading, 

 tubes bright yellow, stem yellow with pink markings. This 

 species is easily distinguished among the red boleti by its quick 

 change to blue at any point, either outside or inside, where bruised 

 or even touched with the fingers. It occurs from Maine to North 

 Carolina, and is said to be poisonous. 



26. Ceriomyces bicolor (Peck) 



Boletus bicolor Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24 : 78. 1872. 

 Boletus rubeus Frost, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Hist. 2 : 102. 1874. 



(Type from Brattleboro, Vermont.) 

 Boletus squamulosus Ellis, Bull. Torrey Club 6 : 77. 1876. (Type 



from New Jersey.) Not Boletus squamulosus Rostk. Boletus 



dichrous Ellis, Bull. Torrey Club 6 : 109. 1876. 



A beautiful species with smooth, purplish-red cap, bright yellow 

 tubes, and smooth, red or yellow stem. When broken, both flesh 

 and tubes change to blue. It occurs in open woods from New 

 England to North Carolina and west to Ohio. It was originally 

 described from Sandlake, New York, from specimens collected 

 by Peck. 



27. Ceriomyces pallidus (Frost) 



Boletus pallidus Frost, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Hist. 2 : 105. 1874. 



Described from Brattleboro,Vermont, and occurring in woods 

 in the eastern United States from New England to Alabama. 

 The cap and tubes are of a pallid color, the latter changing to blue 

 when wounded. 



