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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Boletus. 
(Crimson Boletus. Bol. sanguineus. Purt. who refers to Bol. cora- 
munis. Sowerby 225. Bull. 393. and also assimilates this plant with Bol. 
chrysenteron of With, and Sibthorpe; scarcely admitting Bol. sub-tomen - 
tosus to be a distinct species. E.) Between the large square stew and the 
wall, in Edgbaston park. Aug. 
(A Boletus gathered by the Editor in the orchard of Brookfield-house, near 
Teignmouth, Aug. 1822, agrees with the preceding description, except¬ 
ing that the stem was entirely of a dull yellow colour. E.) 
Bol. chrysen'teron. (Bull.) Tubes yellow, decurrent: pileus gent¬ 
ly convex, pinky red: stem yellow below, pinky upwards. 
Bull. 393. 
Tubes decurrent, yellow, one-third of an inch long, changing to greenish 
when broken. Pores yellow, round or oblong. 
Pileus a flat convex when fully expanded, pinky red, two to three inches 
over. 
Stem yellow on the lower part, pinky upward, ventricose below, but taper¬ 
ing again at the root, two inches high, half an inch diameter. 
(Pinky Decurrent Boletus. Considered by Mr. Purton as the same 
with the preceding species. E.) Rookery, Edgbaston. July. 
Bol. flaVus. Tubes brown yellow, a little decurrent: pileus orange, 
shining, viscid: stem yellow. 
Bolt. 169. excellent—(Sowerby 265. E.) 
Tubes brownish yellow, a little spreading down the stem. Pores lemon- 
colour, irregular in shape and size, the larger ones divided by partitions, 
the ends of the partitions shorter than the ends of the larger tubes. 
Pileus convex, edge rather turning up, deep orange when young, paler 
with age, shining with a viscid varnish, two to four inches over. Flesh 
pale yellow, not changing when cut. 
Stem yellow*, one to three inches high, cylindrical, half to three quarters of 
an inch diameter. Curtain white, connecting the edge of the pileus with 
the stem, and leaving a ring on the stem. 
Bolton cites Bull. 332 for this plant, but it differs in its dry pileus with red 
streaks, and its white flesh. 
In several of the plantations in Edgbaston park. Aug. 
(Common Yellow Boletus. Bol. /flavus. Purt. Bol. luteus. Sowerby. 
Huds. Hook. Bol. annularius. Bolt, (also of Bull. 332. according to 
Purt.) Bol. cortinatus and annulatus. Pers. E.) Very frequent in the 
pleasure grounds at Enville, Staffordshire. June. 
Bol. lactif'luus. Tubes yellow, pileus red buff: stem bright yellow: 
juice like milk. 
(Sowerby 420. E.)— Schaeff. 133, nearly the same. 
Tubes in contact with the stem, yellow, less than a quarter of an inch in 
length. Pores bright yellow, very minute. They seem as if filled up by 
the exudation of an inspissated juice. 
Pileus reddish buffj or fawn-colour, very convex, viscid, two to four inches 
over. Flesh thick, white, solid. 
Stem bright yellow within and without, paler with age, from three quarters 
to two inches and a half high, three-eighths of an inch thick. 
When fresh gathered the plant abounds with a white milky juice, not acrid. 
Its flavour is like that of Ag. campestris, When old the milk is less 
