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points above the broad membranaceous ring ; tubes adnate ; pores 
minute, simple, yellow ; spores ellipsoid, 8-10 x 2-3 /i ; flesh 
white. 
On the ground in pine woods, etc. Edible. Victoria. Queens- 
land. W estern Australia. 
544. Boletus elegans. F r. Hym. Eur. 497. Sverig. Svam. 
t. 76. Sacc. Syll. 4642. 
Pileus convex, plane, viscid, golden yellow or turning ferru- 
ginous ; stem firm, unequal, from golden yellow to rufescent, white, 
then punctate, with yellow above the fugacious ring ; tubes decur- 
rent ; pores minute, simple, sulphur yellow ; spores ellipsoid. 
8-9 x 3-4^ p; flesh yellow. 
In woods. Edible. Queensland. 
545. Boletus flavus. Fr. llym. Fur. 497. Sacc. Syll. 4643. 
Firm, pileus pulvinate, compact, when the brownish evanescent 
gluten has vanished, yellow ; stem yellow, becoming brownish, with 
dingy yellow reticulations above the fugacious membranaceous 
ring; tubes adnate ; pores angular, yellow; spores 8-10x3-4/*, 
granulose, pale ochre. 
In woods. Victoria. 
546. Boletus granulatus. Linn. Fr. Hym. Eur. 498. Sverig. 
Svam. t. 23. 
Pileus convex, expanded, smeared with brownish-ferruginous 
gluten, when this disappears yellowish ; stem without ring, 
yellowish, punctate above with granules; tubes adnate, short, 
yellow ; pores simple, granulated ; flesh turning yellowish. 
In grassy places. Edible. Victoria. Queensland. 
547. Boletus badius. Fr. Hym. Eur. 499. Sverig. Svam. t. 
50. Sacc. Syll. 4653. 
Pileus pulvinate, soft, viscid, bay-brown ; stem solid, nearly 
equal, even, paler, pruinate with brown; tubes adnate, sinuately 
depressed; pores rather large, dingy, yellowish-white, then 
greenish, angular; spores fusoid, 15-20x5-6 /t ; flesh turning 
blue near the tubes. 
In woods. Edible. Queensland. 
548. Boletus sanguineus. With. Fr. Hym. Eur. 500. Sow. 
t. 225. Sacc. Syll. 4656. 
Pileus convex-plane, even, smooth, viscid, blood-red; stem 
equal, even, variegated with yellow and red ; tubes adnate, orange 
yellow ; pores large, unequal. 
In woods. Queensland. 
549. Boletus subsimilis. Fr. PI. Preiss. 134. Sacc. Syll. 
No. 4670. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, then flattened, viscid, shining brown ; 
stem solid, equal, even, naked, sulphur-coloured, fuscous at the 
base ; pores adnate, very short, equal, sulphur-coloured. 
On the ground. Queensland. W. Australia. 
