slightly tomentose, deep red when young, becoming dull red with age.
=Flesh= yellow, slowly changing to greenish-blue where wounded. =Tubes=
rather long, becoming ventricose, slightly depressed about the stem,
their walls sometimes slightly decurrent, the mouths large, angular or
irregular, sometimes compound, bright yellow, quickly changing to blue
where wounded. =Stem= short, cespitose, often irregular, solid,
subtomentose, slightly velvety at the base, pale reddish-yellow, paler
above and below, yellow within, quickly changing to dark green where
wounded. =Spores= 12.5×6µ.
=Pileus= 1–1.5 in. broad. =Stem= 1–1.5 in. long, 3–6 lines thick.
Shaded streets. Auburn, Alabama. July. Underwood.
The species is apparently allied to B. rubeus, but is very distinct by
its small size, cespitose habit, color of the flesh of the stem and by
the peculiar hues assumed where wounded. When the pileus cracks the
chinks become yellow as in B. subtomentosus. The species belongs to the
tribe Subtomentosi. _Peck_, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 24, No. 3.
=B. subtomento´sus= L.—_sub_; _tomentosus_, downy. =Pileus= convex or
nearly plane, soft, dry, _villoso-tomentose, subolivaceous, concolorous
beneath the cuticle_, often cracked in areas. =Flesh= white or pallid.
=Tubes= adnate or somewhat depressed around the stem, yellow, their
mouths large, angular. =Stem= stout, somewhat ribbed-sulcate, scabrous
or scurfy with minute dots. =Spores= 10–12.5×4–5µ.
=Pileus= 1–4 in. broad. =Stem= 1–2.5 in. long, 2–5 lines thick.
Common and variable. The pileus is usually olivaceous or
yellowish-brown, but it may be reddish-brown or tawny-red. When it
cracks the chinks become yellow. The species, as I understand it, may be
distinguished from its near relative, B. chrysenteron, by its paler
flesh, the clearer yellow tubes not changing to blue where wounded, and
by the chinks of the pileus becoming yellow. The species is recorded
edible by Cordier, Curtis and Palmer. Gillet says it is only medium in
quality. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
Found and eaten in West Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania. Specimens received from Indiana, Minnesota, Alabama. I
have not seen any change of color in flesh or tubes. It is common in
Woodland Cemetery and Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. If the tubes are not
removed the dish is slimy. The B. chrysenteron also makes such a dish
when stewed, but fried, and well done, both species are decidedly good.
=B. cæspito´sus= Pk.—cespitose. =Pileus= broadly convex or nearly plane,
sometimes slightly concave by the elevation of the margin, even, brown
or blackish-brown, the margin often a little paler or reddish-brown.
=Flesh= slightly tinged with red. =Tubes= adnate or slightly decurrent,
yellow, their mouths rather large, angular, concolorous. =Stem= short,
even, solid, glabrous, tapering upward, brown or reddish-brown. =Spores=
oblong-elliptic, 10µ long, 5µ broad.
=Pileus= 1–2.5 cm. broad. =Stem= 2–2.5 cm. long, 4–6 mm. thick.
Cespitose. Virginia. August. _R.S. Phifer._
A small species growing in tufts and referable to the tribe
Subtomentosi. The tubes retain their bright yellow color in the dried
specimens. _Peck_, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, January 27, 1900.
Edible qualities not stated.
=B. spadi´ceus= Schaeff.—nut brown. =Pileus= convex or plane, moderately
compact, dry, tomentose, opaque, _date-brown_, irregularly cracked.
=Flesh= white, unchangeable, brownish-red above. =Tubes= adnate, yellow,
their mouths minute, subrotund. =Stem= firm, clavate, even,
_woolly-scaled_, yellow or brownish, yellowish-white within. =Spores=
12×4µ.
=Pileus= 2–4 in. broad.
Woods. New England, _Frost_.
This species is admitted on the authority of Mr. Frost who alone has
recorded it in this country. But specimens received from him under this
name do not in my opinion belong to it, and its occurrence here is
somewhat doubtful. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
In oak woods near Bartram’s Garden, West Philadelphia, in 1887–1888, I
found several Boleti answering the description, exactly, of B.
spadiceus. They proved to be good eating.
=B. radi´cans= Pers.—_radix_, a root. =Pileus= convex, dry,
subtomentose, olivaceous-cinereus, becoming pale-yellowish, the margin
thin, involute. =Flesh= pale-yellow, instantly changing to dark blue,
taste bitterish. =Tubes= adnate, their mouths large, unequal,
lemon-yellow. =Stem= even, _tapering downward and radicating, flocculose
with a reddish bloom_, pale-yellow, becoming naked and dark with a
touch.
=Pileus= 2–3 in. broad. =Stem= 2 in. long, 6 lines thick.
Woods. Ohio, _Morgan_.
Of the American plant Mr. Morgan says that the pileus is quite firm and
dry, becomes reddish or brownish-yellow and nearly glabrous, that the
flesh is pale-yellow, but that he has not observed any bluish tinge, and
that the spores are olive, fusiform, 10–12.5×5µ. Those of the European
plant have been described as very pale ocher, almost white, 6µ long, 3µ
broad. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
Near Bryn Mawr, Pa. _W.C. Alderson_, 1894.
Several specimens brought to me were eaten. The change in color of flesh
was instantaneous upon exposure to the air. Taste strong and raw rather
than bitterish. The caps alone were cooked, and dish marked “fine.”
=B. muta´bilis= Morg.—changeable. Jour. Cin. Soc. Nat. Sci., Vol. VII.
=Pileus= convex, then plane or depressed, compact, dry, subtomentose,
_brown_. =Flesh= bright-yellow, _promptly changing to blue where
wounded_. =Tubes= adnate or subdecurrent, their mouths large, angular,
unequal, some of them compound, yellow changing to greenish yellow and
_quickly becoming blue where wounded_. =Stem= stout, solid, flexuous,
subsulcate, yellowish beneath the _brown dot-like scales_, bright yellow
within. =Spores= olive, fusiform, 12–13×5µ.
=Pileus= 2.5–4 in. broad. =Stem= 2–3 in. long, 6 lines thick.
Thick woods. Ohio, _Morgan_.
A shade of yellow sometimes appears beneath the brown of the pileus, and
as the plants grow old the pileus becomes blackish, glabrous and
shining. The stem increases in thickness above and downward. _Peck_,
Boleti of the U.S.
=B. badi´ceps= Pk.—_badius_, bay and head. (Plate CXVI, p. 420.)
=Pileus= firm, convex or somewhat centrally depressed when mature, dry,
velvety, obliquely truncate on the margin, bay-red or dark-maroon color.
=Flesh= white unchangeable, taste and odor mild, sweet, suggestive of
molasses. =Tubes= plane, adnate, white or whitish, becoming dingy with
age, the mouths minute. =Stem= equal or slightly swollen in the middle,
radicating, glabrous, solid, brownish.
=Pileus= 4–8 cm. broad. =Stem= 4–5 cm. long, 1.5–3 cm. thick.
Oak woods. West Philadelphia, Pa. August and September. _Charles
McIlvaine._
The truncate or beveled margin of the pileus is a striking feature in
this species. It is about 4 mm. broad and as even as if cut with a
knife. Sometimes the surface of the stem ruptures transversely just
below the top, the liberated shreds above curling upward against the
tubes and those below curving outward and downward. In mature plants
brownish spots appear in the flesh of the pileus. “When cooked it is of
high flavor and tender as kidney,” _C. McIlvaine._ _Peck_, Bull. Torrey
Bot. Club, January 27, 1900.
[Illustration: Grouped by F.D. Briscoe—Studies by C. McIlvaine.
PLATE CXVIII.]
FIG. PAGE. FIG. PAGE.
1. BOLETUS SEPARANS, 445 4. BOLETUS SCARER AREOLATUS, 461–463
2. BOLETUS RUSSELLI, 436 5. BOLETUS EDULIS, 445
3. BOLETUS ILLUDENS, 439
LACERI´PEDES—lacerated stem.
Stem elongated, coarsely pitted or deeply and lacunosely reticulated in
small hollows, the ridges somewhat intumescent in wet weather and more
or less lacerated, giving a rough or shaggy appearance to the stem.
The species of this tribe are few, very closely allied and so far as
known are peculiar to this country.
Pileus viscid 1
Pileus dry B. Russelli
1. Stem red in the depressions, tubes tinged with B. Morgani
green
1. Stem pale-yellow, tubes not greenish B. Betula
_Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
=B. Rus´selli= Frost—Russell’s Boletus. (Plate CXVIII, fig. 2, p. 436.)
=Pileus= thick, hemispherical or convex, _dry, covered with downy scales
or bundles of red hairs_, yellowish beneath the tomentum, often cracked
in areas. =Flesh= yellowish, unchangeable. =Tubes= subadnate, often
depressed around the stem, rather large, dingy-yellow or
yellowish-green. =Stem= very long, equal or tapering upward, roughened
by the lacerated margins of the reticular depressions, _red or
brownish-red_. =Spores= olive-brown, 18–22×8–10µ.
=Pileus= 1.5–4 in. broad. =Stem= 3–7 in. long, 3–6 lines thick.
This is distinguished from the other species by the dry squamulose
pileus and the color of the stem. The latter is sometimes curved at the
base. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
B. Russelli occurs in the West Virginia mountains, where I found and ate
it in August, 1883. Though solitary in its method of growth, it is
frequent in many parts of Pennsylvania, among leaves in mixed woods.
August to October.
Taste when raw, sweet, mild. Cooked it is rather soft, tasty. Tubes and
stem should be removed.
=B. Mor´gani= Pk. =Pileus= convex, soft, _glabrous viscid_, red or
yellow, or red fading to yellow on the margin. =Flesh= whitish tinged
with red and yellow, unchangeable. =Tubes= convex, depressed around the
stem, rather long and large, bright-yellow becoming greenish-yellow.
=Stem= elongated, tapering upward, pitted with long, narrow depressions,
_yellow, red in the depressions_, colored within like the flesh of the
pileus. =Spores= olive-brown, 18–22µ long, about half as broad.
=Pileus= 1.5–2.5 in. broad. =Stem= 3–5 in. long, 3–6 lines thick.
Rocky hillsides in woods of deciduous trees. Kentucky, _Morgan_.
In wet weather the anastomosing ridges of the stem swell and become
broadly winged, thereby giving the stem a peculiar lacerated appearance.
The glabrous viscid pileus and the coloration of the stem distinguish
the species. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
B. Morgani is found in like localities with B. Russelli. Excepting in
its smooth, viscid cap and whitish flesh, it closely resembles the
latter. The ridges in the stems of both species swell when moist.
Its edible qualities are the same as B. Russelli.
=B. Be´tula= Schw.—birch. =Pileus= convex, viscose and shining in wet
weather, tessellately cracked and reticulated, orange-fawn color, rather
small. =Flesh= yellowish-white. =Tubes= separating, rather large,
_yellow_, almost like those of B. subtomentosus but _not greenish_.
=Stem= long, _attenuated downward_, everywhere covered with a deciduous
reticulated bark two lines high and separating like the bark of birches,
_pale-yellow without and within_.
=Pileus= 1.5 in. broad. =Stem= 5–6 in. long.
Ligneous earth. North Carolina, _Schweinitz_, _Curtis_; Pennsylvania,
_Schweinitz_. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
During several seasons I found B. Betula in Woodland Cemetery,
Philadelphia.
Edible qualities good.
CALO´PODES. _Gr_—beautiful; _Gr_—feet.
=Stem= stout, at first bulbous, typically venose-reticulated with veins.
=Tubes= adnate, their mouths not reddish.
The reticulate stem and adnate tubes of one color distinguish the
species of this tribe. In the Luridi the mouths of the tubes are
differently colored, and in the closely related Edules the tubes are
more or less depressed around the stem or sub-free, and their pores are
commonly stuffed when young. Fries did not admit species with whitish
tubes into this tribe, but we have done so in those cases in which this
was the only character to exclude them.
Tubes yellow or yellowish 1
Tubes white or whitish, at least when young 7
1. Tubes or flesh changing to blue where wounded 2
1. Tubes or flesh not changing to blue where wounded 5
2. Pileus red, at least when young 3
2. Pileus some other color 4
3. Stem red B. Peckii
3. Stem yellow or reddish only at the base B. speciosus
4. Tubes angular, pileus olivaceous B. calopus
4. Tubes rotund, pileus not olivaceous B. pachypus
5. Pileus viscid B. Curtisii
5. Pileus pulverulent, stems cespitose B. retipes
5. Pileus neither viscid nor pulverulent 6
6. Stem yellow B. ornatipes
6. Stem brown B. modestus
6. Stem yellowish-white B. rimosellus
7. Pileus some shade of red 8
7. Pileus some shade of brown or gray 9
8. Stem pallid or yellowish B. rubignosus
8. Stem dark-brown B. ferrugineus
9. Pileus pale-brown, stem flexuous B. flexuosipes
9. Pileus gray or grayish-black, stem straight B. griseus
_Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
=B. specio´sus= Frost—handsome. =Pileus= at first very thick,
subglobose, compact, then softer, convex, glabrous or nearly so, red.
=Flesh= pale-yellow or bright lemon-yellow, changing to blue where
wounded. =Tubes= adnate, small, subrotund, plane or but slightly
depressed around the stem, bright lemon-yellow, becoming dingy-yellow
with age, changing to blue where wounded. =Stem= stout, subequal or
somewhat bulbous, reticulated, _bright lemon-yellow without and within_,
sometimes reddish at the base. =Spores= oblong-fusiform, pale
ochraceous-brown, 10–12.5×4–5µ.
=Pileus= 3–7 in. broad. =Stem= 2–4 in. long, 10–24 lines thick.
Thin woods. New England, _Frost_; New York, _Peck_.
This is a very beautiful Boletus. When young the whole plant except the
surface of the pileus is of a vivid lemon-yellow color. Wounds quickly
change to green, then to blue. The color of the pileus approaches
closely to solferino. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
Caps of specimens found in mixed woods at Mt. Gretna, Pa., were minutely
areolate when old. Stems yellow at top and with purplish red over the
bright yellow toward the bulbous base, solid, bright yellow within.
Stems and caps are edible and rank high in flavor and texture.
=B. illu´dens= Pk.—deceiving. (Plate CXVIII, fig. 3, p. 436.) =Pileus=
convex, dry, subglabrous, yellowish-brown or grayish-brown, sometimes
tinged with red, especially in the center. =Flesh= pallid or yellowish.
=Tubes= bright yellow, plane or somewhat convex when old, adnate, their
mouths angular or subrotund, often larger near the stem. =Stem= nearly
equal, sometimes abruptly pointed at the base, glabrous, pallid or
yellowish, coarsely reticulated either wholly or at the top only.
=Spores= oblong or subfusiform, yellowish-brown tinged with green,
11–12.5×4–5µ.
=Pileus= 1.5–3 in. broad. =Stem= 1.5–2.5 in. long, 3–5 lines thick.
Woods and copses. Port Jefferson. July. _Peck_, 50th Rep. N.Y. State
Bot.
Found in plenty at Mt. Gretna, Pa., September, 1898. On ground and old
stumps in mixed woods. Identified by Professor Peck.
Taste and smell pleasant. Cooked as egg-plant it is one of the best.
Remove tubes.
=B. Peck´ii= Frost—after C.H. Peck. =Pileus= convex, firm, dry,
subglabrous, _red, fading to yellowish-red or buff-brown_ with age, the
margin usually retaining its red color longer than the disk. =Tubes=
adnate or slightly decurrent, nearly plane, yellow, changing to blue
where wounded. =Stem= equal or subventricose, reticulated, _red, yellow
at the top_. =Spores= oblong, pale ochraceous-brown, 9–12×4–5µ.
Var. _læ´vipes_. =Stem= reticulated above, even below.
=Pileus= 2–3 in. broad. =Stem= 2–3 in. long, 3–6 lines thick.
Woods of frondose trees. New York, _Peck_. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
=B. cal´opus= Fr. _Gr_—beautiful; _Gr_—foot. =Pileus= globose, then
convex, unpolished, _subtomentose, olivaceous_. =Flesh= pallid, slightly
changing to blue when wounded. =Tubes= adnate, their mouths minute,
angular, yellow. =Stem= firm, conical, then elongated and subequal,
reticulated, _wholly scarlet or at the apex only_, sometimes colored
like the pileus toward the base. =Spores= fusiform, yellowish-brown,
7–8×3–4µ.
=Pileus= 2–3 in. broad. =Stem= longer than the diameter of the pileus.
Woods. North Carolina, _Schweinitz_, _Curtis_; Pennsylvania,
_Schweinitz_; New England, _Sprague_, _Bennett_. _Peck_, Boleti of the
U.S.
=B. orna´tipes= Pk.—ornate-stem. (Boletus retipes, Rep. 23.) =Pileus=
convex, firm, dry, glabrous or very minutely tomentose, _grayish-brown
or yellowish-brown_. =Flesh= yellow or pale-yellow. =Tubes= adnate,
plane, or concave, rarely convex, the mouths small or medium size,
clear-yellow. =Stem= firm, subequal, distinctly and beautifully
reticulated, yellow without and within. =Spores= oblong,
_ochraceous-brown_, 12–16×4–5µ.
=Pileus= 2–5 in. broad. =Stem= 2–4 in. long, 4–6 lines thick.
Thin woods and open places. New York, _Peck_.
The color of the tubes becomes darker with age, but it does not change
to blue where wounded. The species is related to the next following one
with which it has sometimes been confused, but from which it is clearly
distinct. The color of the spores is quite dark and approaches
snuff-brown. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
Edible. Good.
=B. re´tipes= B. and C.—reticulate stem. =Pileus= convex, dry, _powdered
with yellow_, sometimes rivulose or cracked in areas. =Tubes= adnate,
yellow. =Stem= subequal, _cespitose_, reticulate to the base,
_pulverulent below_. =Spores= _greenish-ochraceous_, 12–15×4–5µ.
=Pileus= 1.5–2 in. broad. =Stem= 2 in. long, 3–6 lines thick.
The tufted mode of growth, pulverulent pileus and paler-colored spores
separate this species from the preceding one. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
West Virginia, 1882–1885. Mt. Gretna, Pa.; New Jersey, _McIlvaine_.
The caps, alone, of this species, are desirable, the stems not cooking
well. Its way of bunching itself gratifies the collector, as do its
flavor and quality.
=B. pa´chypus= Fr. _Gr_—thick-footed. =Pileus= convex, subtomentose,
brownish or pale tan-color. =Flesh= thick, whitish, changing slightly to
blue. =Tubes= rather long, _somewhat depressed around the stem_, their
mouths round, pale-yellow, at length tinged with green. =Stem= thick,
firm, reticulated, at first ovate-bulbous, then elongated, equal,
_variegated with red and pale-yellow_. =Spores= large, _ovate_, pale
yellowish-ochraceous, 12.5–14×5–6µ.
=Pileus= 4–8 in. broad. =Stem= 2–4 in. long.
Woods, either of pine or beech.
This species is noted for its thick, stout stem, which sometimes attains
a diameter of more than two inches. It approaches the Edules in habit,
but according to Gillet it is poisonous, or at least to be suspected,
has a penetrating unpleasant odor and a somewhat nauseous flavor. He
also describes the pores as at first whitish. The stem is sometimes
intensely blood-red. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
A common species in West Virginia mountains, 1881–1885, in beech groves.
August to frost. It is rare in the pines of New Jersey, though I have
found it there. Like B. felleus, its size and attractiveness induce the
finder to over and over again try cooking it, hoping the discovery of a
successful way to rid it of its unpleasantness. I have never succeeded.
It is not poisonous.
=B. rimosel´lus= Pk.—cracked. =Pileus= broadly convex, flat or
irregular, glabrous, _tessellately cracked_, dark-brown. =Flesh=
whitish. =Tubes= adnate or sinuately decurrent, somewhat depressed
around the stem, pale-yellow, becoming _darker or brownish_ with age.
=Stem= tapering upward, broadly reticulated with brown veins,
_yellowish-white_. =Spores= _fusiform_, 15–17.5×5–6µ.
=Pileus= 3–5 in. broad. =Stem= 3–4 in. long, 6–9 lines thick.
Mixed woods. North Carolina, _C.J. Curtis_.
I have described this species from the notes and a single dried specimen
sent me by Mr. Curtis. More extended observation may require some
modification of the description. The color of the spores is described as
brown. They are remarkable for their size. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
=B. modes´tus= Pk.—modest. =Pileus= convex or nearly plane, often
irregular, firm, dry, very minutely tomentose, _yellowish-brown_.
=Flesh= gray or pinkish-gray. =Tubes= nearly plane, adnate or
subdecurrent, the mouths angular, pale-ochraceous. =Stem= equal,
reticulated, brown. =Spores= elliptical, 10×5µ.
=Pileus= 2–3 in. broad. =Stem= 1–2 in. long, 2–4 lines thick.
Grassy ground in thin woods. New York, _Peck_.
Miss Banning finds in Maryland what appears to be a form of this species
in which the part of the hymenium near the stem consists of lamellæ, the
rest of tubes. The species needs further investigation. _Peck_, Boleti
of the U.S.
=B. Cur´tisii= Berk.—after Dr. Curtis. =Pileus= hemispherical or convex,
_viscose, golden-yellow_. =Tubes= depressed around the stem, nearly
free, their mouths umber, at length tawny. =Stem= slender, attenuated
upward, polished, reticulated, straw-colored. =Spores= ferruginous,
subelliptical, slightly attenuated at each end.
=Pileus= 1 in. or more broad. =Stem= 2 in. long, 2–3 lines thick.
Pine woods. North and South Carolina, _Curtis_.
In the original description the stem of this species is said to be
hollow. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
=B. gri´seus= Frost—gray. =Pileus= broadly convex, firm, dry,
subglabrous, _gray or grayish-black_. =Flesh= whitish or gray. =Tubes=
adnate or slightly depressed around the stem, nearly plane, their mouths
small, subrotund, _white or whitish_. =Stem= equal or slightly tapering
upward, distinctly reticulated, _whitish or yellowish_, sometimes
reddish toward the base. =Spores= ochraceous-brown, 10–14×4–5µ.
=Pileus= 2–4 in. broad. =Stem= 2–4 in. long, 3–6 lines thick.
Thin woods and open places. New York, _Peck_.
_Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
=B. flexuos´ipes= Pk.—flexuous stem. =Pileus= convex or plane, even,
subtomentose, _pale-brown_. =Flesh= white, unchangeable, the cuticle
separable. =Tubes= long, convex, _decurrent_, white or whitish, becoming
brownish with age. =Stem= _flexuous_, solid, reticulated, whitish or
pallid, _changing to brown where bruised_. =Spores= 7.5–10×4µ.
=Pileus= 3–4 in. broad. =Stem= 4–6 in. long, 8–15 lines thick.
Mixed woods. North Carolina, _C.J. Curtis_. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
=B. ferrugi´neus= Frost—rust color. =Pileus= convex, soft, subtomentose,
dark reddish-brown. =Flesh= white, unchangeable. =Tubes= generally
adnate, dingy-white, their mouths stained brown by the spores. =Stem=
short, reticulated, dark-brown. =Spores= 10–13×6µ.
=Pileus= 3–6 in. broad.
Borders of woods. New England, _Frost_. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
Alabama, 1897.
=B. rubigino´sus= Fr.—rusty. =Pileus= convex, soft, pubescent, soon
bare, _brownish-rust color_. =Flesh= subspongy, white, unchangeable.
=Tubes= _adnate_, their mouths unequal, white. =Stem= firm, stout,
reticulated, at first _whitish or pallid_, then _yellowish_,
subcinereous or yellowish-olivaceous where touched.
=Pileus= 2–4 in. broad. =Stem= 2–3 in. long, 1 in. thick.
Woods. North Carolina, _Curtis_.
Although apparently distinct, this and the two preceding species are not
sufficiently well known. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.
=B. tabaci´nus= Und. =Pileus= fleshy, convex or nearly plane,
subglabrous, often cracked in areas, tawny-brown. =Flesh= at maturity
soft and similarly colored. =Tubes= concave or nearly plane, depressed
around the stem, their mouths small, angular, colored like the pileus.
=Stem= subequal, solid, reticulated, concolorous. =Spores= oblong or
subfusiform, 12.5–14×5µ. =Pileus= 2.5–5 in. broad. =Stem= 1.5–3 in.
long, 6–10 lines thick.
Along road-sides. Alabama. May. _Underwood._
The species is referable to the section Calopodes, but the tubes are
more or less depressed about the stem. _Peck_, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club,
Vol. 23, No. 10.
EDU´LES—_edulis_, edible.
=Tubes= subfree, rounded-depressed around the stem, their mouths not at
first reddish, but commonly white-stuffed. =Stem= stout, bulbous as in
the Luridi but not, with a few exceptions, reticulate nor dotted with
pointed scales nor red. =Flesh= scarcely changeable. =Taste= pleasant.
This tribe is not sharply limited but partakes to some extent of the
characters of Calopodes and Luridi. From the former its nearly free and
at first white-stuffed tubes and its generally even stem separate it,
from the latter its tubes with concolorous mouths or at least with
mouths not red or reddish when young will distinguish it. The species
are generally of large or medium size and noted for their esculent
qualities.
Stem brownish-lilac or chocolate color 1
Stem some other color 2
1. Stem reticulated B. separans
1. Stem not reticulated, furfuraceous B. eximius
2. Pileus viscid B. limatulus
2. Pileus not viscid 3
3. Tubes yellow with no tinge of green 4