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THE LARGER FUNGI 
on the stem, the nbsenee of a ring, and the slightly yellow soft flesh. The 
white milk escaping from the tubes when voung has not been seen in Australian 
specimens. It closely resembles B. luicus which differs in having a ring. The 
two species may grow togetlier but in general B. granulatus occurs on tlie 
lowlands, B. luteus on the highlands. 
289. Boletus punctato-brunneus Clel. (L., punctatua, dotted; brunneus, brown, 
in reference to the stem). — Pileus 3J to 5in. (8.7 to 12.5 cm.), irregularly convex 
to nearly plane, sometimes finally upturned, viscid when moist, finely velvety or 
shiny wd'ien dry, dark brown to brownish tan (a little darker than Verona Brown, 
.xxi.x., boeomiiig Warm Sepia, xxix. ami darker. Russet to Mars Brown, xv.. 
Uinnamon Brown, xv., neai' the edge). Tubes rounded or with a <leep sulcus 
round the stem, i to ilin. (1.2 to 1.8 cm.) deep, at first pallid yellow and then 
dingy yellow or livid greenish-yellow (yellower than Old Gold, xvi., to near 
[Photo, by A'. leo. 
Figure 40 . — liolefiix gramthutys (L.) Fr. (No. 288). 
Sections. National P,ark. Flesh edible when 
young. Reduced in size. 
Bulfy Citi'ine, xvi.), becoming <larker than Saccardo ’s Olive (xvi.) or greenish 
when old or bruiseil, orifices moderately small, dissepiments rather thick. Stem 
Ij to o^in. (o.l to 8.7 (un.), stout (4 to l^in., 1.8 to 4.G cm.) to slender, equal or 
tapering below or sometimes slightly bulbous, passing into mvcelium traversing 
the soil, pallid to dark brownish, punctate with brown above or below. Flesh of 
the pileus up to 4in. (1.8 cm.) in tlie c'entre, gradually aftenuatetl outwards, 
turning slightly red<lish or brownish or pallid, souudimes bluish-green near the 
tubes, flesh of the stem brownish. Spores mummv-sha.pe, ])ale brownish, 9 to 12 
X :! to 4 M. South Australia— Waterfall Gully, Mount Loftv, in Eucalyptus forest 
in Second Valley Forest Reserve, Middleton, Harriet River’station (K.I.). April 
to June, August, December. 
Characterised by the bi-own viscid pileus, yellowish tubes, and brownish punc- 
tate stem. It I'esembles />'. yranulatus (L.)'Fr., but the tubes are not so clear 
a yellow, the stem is browner and tlie species is not associated with Pinus. It 
also resembles B. bninaeus Cke. (>t Mass, but difl’m-s in the viscid pileus' and 
the yellower tubes. 
