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550. Boletus areuarius. Fr. PI. Preiss. 134. Sacc. Syll. 
4671. 
Pileus flattened, repand, viscid, excentric ; stem elongated, 
twisted, pallid above, black below ; tubes long, broad (cinnamon). 
On sandy soil. W. Australia. 
551. Boletus alliciens. Berk. Dec. No. 34. Sacc. Syll. 
4673. 
Pileus smooth, yellow, viscid (2| in. diam.) ; flesh when broken 
blue ; stem finely tomentose, thickened downwards, not reticulated 
(1^ in. long, |-1 in. thick); tubes yellow, irregular, adnexed; 
spores oblong, pallid. 
On the ground. Edible. W. Australia. 
552. Boletus australis. Cooke Mass. Grev. Vol. xvi,, p. 
32. 
Pileus convex, pulvinate, viscid, umber (2-3 in. diam.) ; stem 
smooth, attenuated downwards, or fusiform and rooting (2-3 in. 
long, ^-f in. thick), flesh-coloured ; flesh pale rosy, turning blue 
when cut ; tubes adnate, becoming greenish ; pores hexagonal, 
equal, rather large, sulphur-coloured; spores cylindrical, 20 X 
-5-6 p,. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
b. Subtomentosi. Pileus destitute of a viscid pellicle , villous when 
young, rarely becoming at length smooth. Stem at first exserted, 
not bulbous nor reticulated, although ordinarily rugose or 
striate. Flesh rarely changing colour. Tubes adnate, of one 
colour. 
553. Boletus chrysenteron. Fr. Hym. Eur. 502. Sacc. 
Syll. 4680. 
Pileus convex-plane, soft, fioccosely squamose, brownish or 
rather brick red, flesh yellow, reddish beneath the cuticle ; stem 
nearly equal, rigid, fibrosely striate, crimson red or yellow; tubes 
somewhat adnate; pores rather large, angular, unequal, yellow then 
greenish. 
In woods, etc. Victoria. Queensland. 
554. Boletus subtomeutosus. Linn. Fr. Iiym. Eur. 503. 
Sacc. Syll. 4682. 
Pileus pulvinate, expanded, soft, dry, villosely tomentose, some- 
what olive, beneath the cuticle of the same colour ; stem stout, 
costate or snlcate, rough with points under a lens ; tubes adnate, 
pores broad, angular, yellow. 
In woods, etc. Queensland. N.S. Wales. Lake Muir. Fin- 
girmgi. 
555. Boletus fructicicola. Berk. Hook. Journ. vn., 574. 
Sacc. Syll. 4833. 
Pileus fleshy, convex, at length occasionally cracked towards the 
margin, smooth, red (5 in. diam.). Stem nearly smooth, not reti- 
