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heaps of all kinds, and made soil, it is found abundantly from early 
summer right on till late autumn. It is edible, and one of the best 
of the toadstools ; perhaps even nicer than the common mushroom, 
which it closely resembles in flavour. 
The Edible Boletus (Boletus edulis) is photographed on Page 35. 
It is one of those Boleti whose flesh does not change in colour when 
broken or cut. It is a large fleshy form. Its cap is brown and 
inclined to be slimy ; its gills greenish-yellow, and its stem buff, 
with not very distinct blackish markings. The Summer Boletus 
(Boletus aestivalis, Page 43, First Series) is distinguished from the 
above by the lighter colour and more silky character of its cap and 
the absence of markings on its stem. The Edible Boletus is 
common in woods in early autumn, and is largely eaten on the 
Continent. When cooked alone it tends to be gelatinous and 
tasteless. 
The Yellow Boletus (Boletus flavus, Page 36), Is a very charac- 
teristic fungus. The whole plant is of a bright-yellow colour, the 
gills being, as a rule, a little darker than the cap and stem. The 
cap is slimy above. The stem has a few black markings near the 
top, and is' surrounded by the remains of a brownish ring. The 
flesh is pale yellow, and does not change colour when broken or 
cut. 
The Large Pine Polyporus (Polyporus Schweintzii, Page 37), 
is a large brown fungus, with a short central stalk. It is common 
in pine woods, growing around the roots and stumps, and often 
attains a very large size. As the fungus grows it tends to envelop 
anything that may be near, and thus are found twigs, grass, and 
pine needles embedded in it. 
The Varnished Polyporus (Polyporus lucidus, Page 38), is a 
very curious form. The pores are white and very minute, and 
both the cap and elongated stem are of a dark, reddish-brown colour, 
with a shiny polished appearance, looking exactly as if they had 
been lacquered or varnished. The fungus grows on roots and 
stumps, is dry and woody, and so resistant of decay that it has been 
found preserved in peat-beds and around the ancient pile-dwellings 
of Switzerland. 
The Manna of the Woods (Poria hibernica, Page 39), is met 
with as whitish spots, which appear on pine wood, and soon run 
together to form a thin layer, with a granular appearance not 
unlike snow. The granular appearance is caused by the rather 
irregular pores in which the spores are borne. 
The Genus Trametes may be considered as a connecting link 
between the gill-toadstools (eg. Lenzites, Pages 28 and 29) on the 
one hand and the pore-toadstools (such as Polyporus, Pages 27 
and 28) on the other, for in it the pores are radially elongated. 
The Sweet Trametes (Trametes suaveolens, Page 40), generally 
grows on the trunks of willows. Its cap is greyish, and its elon- 
gated pores, which are at first whitish, later acquire a tinge of red. 
When young it smells like aniseed. 
