Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.

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=B. sero´tinus= Frost.—late. Bulletin Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci., 1874. =Pileus= flat or convex, viscid, sordid brown, streaked with the remnants of the veil, especially near the margin, which is white, very thin, and when partly grown singularly pendent. =Flesh= white, _changing to bluish_. =Tubes= large, angular, unequal, slightly decurrent, at first sordid white or gray, sometimes tinged with green near the stem, afterward cinnamon-yellow. =Stem= reticulated above the ring which adheres partly to it and partly to the margin of the pileus, white but stained by the brownish spores and tinged with yellow at maturity. =Spores= 10×6µ.

Shaded grassy ground. New England, _Frost_.

Probably this is only a variety of the preceding species. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

=B. salmoni´color= Frost. Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., 1874. =Pileus= convex, soft, very glutinous, brownish or tawny-white with a faint tinge of red, wine-color when dry, the margin thin. =Flesh= _tinged with red_. =Tubes= simple, even, angular, adnate, _pale salmon_ color. =Stem= small, dotted above with bright ferruginous red, sordid below, annulus _dingy salmon-color_. =Spores= 8×2.5µ.

Borders of pine woods. New England. _Frost._

Apparently a distinct species. No specimens seen. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

=B. el´egans= Schum. =Pileus= convex or plane, viscose, _golden-yellow or somewhat rust-color_. =Flesh= pale-yellow. =Tubes= decurrent, golden or sulphur-yellow, the mouths minute, simple. =Stem= unequal, firm, golden or reddish, _dotted above the fugacious white or pale-yellowish annulus_.

=Pileus= 3–4.5 in. broad. =Stem= 2–4 in. long.

Woods, especially under or near larch trees. North Carolina, _Curtis_; Wisconsin, _Bundy_; Minnesota, _Johnson_. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

Cordier and Gillet give the species as edible though not delicate.

West Philadelphia on lawns under larches, 1887–1891. _McIlvaine._

The caps are of good flavor and consistency. They are best fried or broiled.

=B. Clin´tonianus= Pk. =Pileus= convex, very viscid or glutinous, glabrous, soft, shining, _golden-yellow, reddish yellow or chestnut color_, the margin thin. =Flesh= pale yellow, becoming less bright or dingy on exposure to the air. =Tubes= nearly plane, adnate or subdecurrent, _small_, angular or subrotund, pale-yellow, becoming dingy-ochraceous with age, _changing to brown or purplish-brown where bruised_. =Stem= equal or slightly thickened toward the base, straight or flexuous, _yellow at the top_, reddish or reddish-brown below the annulus, sometimes varied with yellow stains, the annulus white or yellow, _persistent_, forming a thick band about the stem. =Spores= _brownish-ochraceous_, 10–11×4–5µ.

=Pileus= 2–5 in. broad. =Stem= 2–5 in. long, 4–9 lines thick.

Mossy or grassy ground in woods or open places, especially under or near tamarack trees. New York, _Peck_; New England, _Frost_.

This is apparently closely related to B. elegans, from which it differs in its thick persistent ring, in its stem which is not at all dotted and in its longer and darker-colored spores. Its smaller tubes and persistent ring separate it also from B. flavus. In the typical form the pileus is bay-red or chestnut color, but plants growing in open places generally have it yellowish or reddish-yellow. It is mild to the taste and I have eaten it sparingly. It sometimes grows in tufts. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

=B. inflex´us= Pk.—curving. =Pileus= convex, glabrous, viscid, yellow, often red or reddish on the disk, the margin thin, inflexed, concealing the marginal tubes. =Flesh= whitish, not changing color where wounded. =Tubes= rather long, adnate, yellowish, becoming dingy-yellow with age, the mouths small, dotted with reddish glandules. =Stem= rather slender, not ringed, solid, viscid, dotted with livid-yellow glandules. =Spores= yellowish, 10–12×4–5µ.

=Pileus= about 1 in. broad. =Stem= about 2 in. long, 2–4 lines thick.

Open woods. Trexlertown. September. _Herbst._

This Boletus belongs to the tribe Viscipelles. It is remarkable for and easily recognized by the inflexed margin of the pileus, which imitates to some extent the appendiculate veil of Boletus versipellis. It sometimes grows in tufts. The paper in which fresh specimens were wrapped was stained yellow. Boletus Braunii Bres. has an inflexed margin, but that is a much larger plant with a yellowish-brown pileus, a fibrillose stem and much smaller spores. _Peck_, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, Vol. 22, No. 5.

=B. fla´vus= With. =Pileus= convex, compact, covered with a brownish separating gluten, _pale-yellow_. =Flesh= pale-yellow. =Tubes= large, angular, adnate, yellow. =Stem= yellow, becoming brownish, reticulated above the _membranous fugacious_ dirty yellowish annulus. =Spores= 8–10×3–4µ.

=Pileus= 2–5 in. broad. =Stem= 2–3 in. long, 6–10 lines thick.

Woods. Minnesota, _Johnson_; Wisconsin, _Bundy_.

This is apparently a rare species in this country. I have not seen it. It is said to resemble B. luteus, from which it is separated by the large angular mouths of the tubes. In British Fungi the spores are described as “spindle-shaped, yellowish-brown;” in Sylloge, as “ovoid-oblong, acute at the base, granulose, pale ochraceous.” _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

=B. fistulo´sus= Pk. =Pileus= convex, viscid, glabrous, yellow, the margin at first incurved or involute. =Flesh= yellow. =Tubes= plane or subventricose, medium size, round with thin walls, adnate or sometimes depressed around the stem, yellow. =Stem= rather slender, subequal, viscid, glabrous, hollow, yellow, with a white mycelioid tomentum at the base. =Spores= elliptical, 13×6µ.

=Pileus= about 1 in. broad. =Stem= 2–4 in. long, about 3 lines thick.

Grassy woods. Auburn, Ala. July. _Underwood._

A small but pretty species of a yellow color throughout. It is remarkable for its hollow stem, which is suggestive of the specific name. It is referable to the tribe Viscipelles. _Peck_, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 24, No. 3.

=B. sphæros´porus= Pk.—globose-spored. (Bulletin Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. XII.) =Pileus= at first hemispherical, then convex, glabrous, viscid, creamy-yellow, becoming reddish-brown or chestnut color with age. =Flesh= pale yellowish-brown. =Tubes= adnate or slightly decurrent, large, angular, pale-yellow, becoming brown, sometimes tinged with green. =Stem= stout, equal, even or slightly reticulated at the top, the _membranous annulus persistent_, sometimes partly adhering to the margin of the pileus. =Spores= _globose or broadly elliptical_, 8–9µ long.

=Pileus= 3–8 in. broad. =Stem= 1–3 in. long, 6–12 lines thick.

Low ravines and sandy places. Wisconsin, _Trelease_; Iowa, _McBride_.

The spores easily serve to distinguish this species from its allies. The European B. sphærocephalus has ovoid spores, but its tube mouths are minute and rotund and its stem is densely squamose. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

=B. lu´teus= L.—yellow. =Pileus= gibbous or convex, covered with a brownish separating gluten, becoming yellowish-brown and virgate-spotted. =Flesh= white. =Tubes= adnate, minute, simple, yellow, becoming darker with age. =Stem= _stout_, yellowish and _dotted above_ the large membranous brownish-white annulus, brownish-white or yellowish below. =Spores= fusiform, yellowish-brown, 6–7×3–4µ.

=Pileus= 2–5 in. broad. =Stem= 1–2 in. long, 6–10 lines thick.

Pine woods and groves. New York, _Peck_.

B. luteus has an international reputation for edibility. I have found it at Waretown and Haddonfield, N.J.; in Bartram’s Garden, West Philadelphia, always under pines. At Waretown it was gregarious. Pine needles, sand, anything through which it grows, adheres to the glutinous cap. It must be carefully cleaned before cooking. It is then of choice consistency and good flavor.

(Plate CXV_a_.)

=B. sublu´teus= Pk.—luteus, yellow. =Pileus= convex or nearly plane, viscid or glutinous when moist, often obscurely virgate-spotted, dingy-yellowish, inclining to rusty-brown. =Flesh= whitish, varying to dull-yellowish. =Tubes= plane or convex, adnate, small, subrotund, yellow becoming ochraceous. =Stem= equal, _slender_, pallid or yellowish, _dotted both above and below_ the ring with reddish or brownish glandules; ring submembranous, _glutinous_, at first concealing the tubes, then generally collapsing and forming a narrow whitish or brownish band around the stem. =Spores= subfusiform, ochraceo-ferruginous, 8–10×4–5µ. =Pileus= 1.5–3 in. broad. =Stem= 1.5–2.5 in. long, 2–4 lines thick.

Sandy soil in pine woods. New York, _Peck_, _Clinton_; New England, _Frost_.

The species is closely related to B. luteus, from which it differs in its smaller size, more slender stem and glutinous collapsing veil. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

Found at Waretown, N.J., 1887, under pines and in same locality as B. luteus, for which it can be readily mistaken. It is usually covered with adherent sand or pine needles. Its flesh is tender with a pleasant glutinosity. Flavor good.

=B. fla´vidus= Fr.—light yellowish. =Pileus= thin, gibbous, then plane, viscose, livid, yellowish. =Flesh= pallid. =Tubes= decurrent, with _large angular compound mouths_, dirty yellowish. =Stem= _slender_, subequal, pallid, sprinkled with _fugacious glandules above the entirely viscose ring_. =Spores= oblong-ellipsoid, straight, subhyaline, 8–10×3–4µ.

=Pileus= 1–2 in. broad. =Stem= 2–3 in. long, 2–3 lines thick.

Pine woods and swamps. Pennsylvania, _Schweinitz_; North Carolina, _Curtis_; New England, _Frost_; California, _H. and M._; Rhode Island, _Bennett_.

Fries says that this species is more slender than its allies, and differs from them all in its merely glutinous veil. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

Dr. Curtis, of North Carolina, places it among edible species.

Many specimens were found by the writer near Waretown and Haddonfield, N.J., and a few at Mt. Gretna, Pa. The stems are thin and slightly spreading at the top. They are hard. The caps are excellent.

=B. America´nus= Pk. =Pileus= thin, convex or nearly plane, sometimes umbonate, soft, very viscid or glutinous when moist, _slightly tomentose on the margin when young_, soon glabrous or the margin sometimes remaining scaly, rarely scale-spotted from the drying of the gluten, yellow, becoming dingy or less bright with age, sometimes vaguely dotted or streaked with bright red. =Flesh= pale-yellow, less clear or pinkish-gray on exposure to the air. =Tubes= plane or convex, adnate, _rather large_, angular, pale-yellow, becoming sordid-ochraceous. =Stem= _slender_, equal or slightly tapering upward, firm, _not at all annulate_, yellow, often pallid or brownish toward the base, marked with _numerous brown or reddish-brown persistent glandular dots_, yellow within. =Spores= oblong or subfusiform, ochraceo-ferruginous, 9–11×4–5µ.

=Pileus= 1–3 in. broad. =Stem= 1.5–2.5 in. long, 2–4 lines thick.

Woods, swamps and open places, especially under or near pine trees. New York, _Peck_, _Clinton_; Minnesota, _Arthur_.

A slight subacid odor is sometimes perceptible in our plant. It sometimes grows on much decayed wood. Its mycelium is white. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

The caps, only, are good.

=B. subau´reus= Pk.—_sub_ and _aureus_, golden. (Plate CXIV, fig. 2, p. 414.) =Pileus= convex or nearly plane, viscose, pale-yellow, sometimes adorned with darker spots, the young margin slightly grayish-tomentose. =Flesh= pale-yellow. =Tubes= _small or medium_; somewhat angular, adnate or subdecurrent, pale-yellow becoming dingy-ochraceous. =Stem= equal, _stout_, glandular-dotted, yellow _without and within_. =Spores= oblong or subfusiform, ochraceo-ferruginous, 8–10×4µ.

=Pileus= 2–4 in. broad. =Stem= 1.5–2.5 in. long, 4–6 lines thick.

Thin woods and open places. New York, _Peck_; North Carolina, _C.J. Curtis_; Massachusetts, Mississippi, _G. Survey_ (Rep. 51).

This plant might almost be considered a stout variety of the preceding, but in addition to its thicker pileus and stouter stem, it has smaller tubes of a clearer yellow color, and the exuding drops are yellow, not whitish, as in that species. In habit it appears more like B. granulatus, from which it is distinct in color. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

From early October, through heavy frosts and until long after November snows I found this species at Mt. Gretna, Pa., in 1897–1898. Specimens were sent to Professor Peck and identified as this species. It grew in grass on borders of woods, or gravelly ground, sometimes among pine needles. Large troops of it were frequent, and tufts containing many individuals were common.

I regard B. subaureus as among the most valuable of our food species. Its plentifulness, lateness, excellent quality will commend it to all Mycophagists. It can be cooked in any way. The tubes need not be removed.

FIG. PAGE. FIG. PAGE. 1. BOLETUS GRACILIS, 467 3. BOLETUS CASTANEUS, 472 2. BOLETUS SUBAUREUS, 414

=B. hirtel´lus= Pk.—slightly hairy. =Pileus= broadly convex, soft, viscose, golden-yellow, adorned with _small tufts of hairs or fibrils_. =Flesh= pale-yellow. =Tubes= adnate, medium size, angular, becoming dingy-ochraceous. =Stem= subcespitose, equal, stout, glandular dotted, yellow. =Spores= pale, _ochraceous-brown_, 9–10×4µ.

=Pileus= 2–4 in. broad. =Stem= 2–3 in. long, 4–6 lines thick.

Sandy soil under pine trees. New York, _Peck_.

This species is very rare and was formerly confused with the preceding from which it is separated by the hairy adornment of the pileus and the darker, more brown color of the spores. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

=B. punc´tipes= Pk.—_punctum_, a dot; _pes_, a foot. =Pileus= convex or nearly plane, glutinous when moist, yellow, the thin margin at first minutely grayish-pulverulent, becoming recurved with age. =Tubes= short, nearly plane, adnate, small, subrotund, _at first brownish_, then sordid-ochraceous. =Stem= rather long, _tapering upward_, grandular-dotted, _rhubarb-yellow_. =Spores= 9–10×4–5µ.

=Pileus= 2–3 in. broad. =Stem= 2–3 in. long, 3–5 lines thick. Mixed woods. New York, _Peck_.

The rhubarb-colored stem and the brownish color of the young hymenium are the distinguishing features of this species. The glandules occur also on the tubes. The species is rare. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

Not seen by Professor Peck since its discovery in 1878.

Spores when first dropped are olive-green on white paper, but the green hue soon changes to brownish-ochraceous. _Peck_, 44th Rep. N. Y. State Bot.

Ontario, _Prof. Dearness_ (_Lloyd_, R. 4).

=B. al´bus= Pk.—white. =Pileus= convex, viscid when moist, _white_. =Flesh= white or yellowish. =Tubes= plane, small or medium, subrotund, adnate, whitish, becoming yellow or ochraceous. =Stem= equal or slightly tapering downward, both it and the tubes glandular-dotted, _white_, sometimes tinged with pink toward the base. =Spores= ochraceous, subfusiform, 8–9×4µ.

=Pileus= 1.5–3 in. broad. =Stem= 1.5–3 in. long, 3–5 lines thick.

Woods, especially of pine or hemlock. New York, _Peck_; New England, _Frost_.

This species is easily known by its white pileus, but its color is lost in drying. Sometimes the fresh plant emits a peculiar fetid odor. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

=B. granula´tus=—_granula_, a granule. =Pileus= convex or nearly plane, very viscid or glutinous and _rusty-brown_ when moist, _yellowish_ when dry. =Flesh= pale-yellowish. =Tubes= short, adnate, yellowish, their mouths simple, granulated. =Stem= dotted with glandules above, pale-yellowish. =Spores= spindle-shaped, yellowish-orange, 7.5–10×2–3µ.

=Pileus= 1.5–4 in. broad. =Stem= 1–2 in. long, 4–6 lines thick.

Woods, especially of pine and in open places under or near pine trees. Very common.

The plant is generally gregarious and sometimes grows in circles, whence the name B. circinans Pers. Occasionally it is cespitose. The pileus is very variable in color—pinkish-gray, reddish-brown, yellowish-gray, tawny-ferruginous or brownish—and is sometimes obscurely spotted by the drying gluten. The flesh is rather thick and often almost white, except near the tubes, where it is tinged with yellow. The tubes are small, at first almost white or very pale-yellow, but they become dingy-ochraceous with age. The stem is generally short, stout and firm, whitish-pallid or yellowish, and often dotted to the base, though the glandules are more numerous and distinct on the upper part. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

B. granulatus is of frequent and general occurrence. I have found it in the pine woods of New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and in West Virginia and Pennsylvania in mixed woods.

It is a late-growing species, appearing in September and continuing until frost.

All authors, with one exception (Gillet), give the species as edible. From frequent and copious testings, the writer vouches for its edibility and excellence. It bears favorable comparison with any of the late Boleti.

=B. bre´vipes= Pk.—_brevis_, short; _pes_, foot. =Pileus= thick, convex, covered with a _thick, tough gluten_ when young or moist, _dark chestnut color_, sometimes fading to dingy-tawny, the margin inflexed. =Flesh= white or tinged with yellow. =Tubes= short, nearly plane, adnate or slightly depressed around the stem, small, subrotund, at first whitish becoming dingy-ochraceous. =Stem= whitish, _not dotted or rarely with a few very minute inconspicuous dots at the apex, very short_. =Spores= subfusiform, 7.5×3µ.

=Pileus= 1.5–2.5 in. broad. =Stem= .5–1 in. long, 3–5 lines thick.

Sandy soil in pine groves and woods. New England, _Frost;_ New York, _Peck_.

The species is closely related to B. granulatus, from which it differs especially in its darker colored pileus, more copious gluten, shorter stem and the almost entire absence of granules from the tube mouths and stem. In the rare instances in which these are present they are extremely minute and inconspicuous. The plant occurs very late in the season and the pileus appears as if enveloped in slime and resting stemless on the ground. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

Specimens found in pine woods of New Jersey, identified by Professor Peck. Lambertville, N.J., _C.S. Ridgway_; Haddonfield, N.J., _T.J. Collins_; Pleasantville, _Isaac F. Shaner_.

B. brevipes is a disreputable, dirty, tramp-looking fungus, from which the collector would expect no good. Nevertheless, when it has had a good scrubbing it becomes respectable and is sweet, tender, good eating. When other species abound, it does not pay for the cleansing.

=B. collini´tus= Fr.—_collino_, to besmear. =Pileus= convex, even, _becoming pale when the brown gluten separates_. =Flesh= white. =Tubes= adnate, elongated, naked, _the mouths two-parted_, pallid, becoming yellow. =Stem= firm, often tapering downward, _somewhat reticulate with appressed squamules_, white, becoming brown.

Woods of pine or fir. North Carolina, _Curtis_; New England, _Frost_.

I have seen no specimens of this apparently rare species. It is said to be solitary in its mode of growth and to resemble B. luteus in size and color, but to be distinct from it by its ringless, dotless stem. Dr. Curtis records it as edible. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

I found three specimens at Haddonfield, N.J., October, 1897, under scrub pines. Cap 2½ in. across, convex, gibbous; stem equal, 2½ in. long, ½ in. in diameter, slightly tapering at base. The two-parted mouths to the tubes were very distinct. The stems were tough, but the caps, washed and fried, were good.

=B. di´chrous= Ellis. =Pileus= convex, viscose, _dull red_. =Flesh= soft, dull, yellowish-white, _changing to greenish-blue_ where wounded, finally yellow. =Tubes= subdepressed around the stem, large, unequal, straw-colored, changing color like the flesh where wounded. =Stem= thickened below, solid, covered with a _red scaly coat_, except at the yellow apex, yellow within. =Spores= elliptical, slightly bent at one end, 2µ long.

=Pileus= 2–3 in. broad. =Stem= 3 in. long, 6 lines thick.

Dry soil in oak and pine woods. New Jersey. _Ellis._

I have seen no specimens of this species. From the description, its affinities appear to be with B. bicolor, but it is placed here because of its viscose pileus. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

=B. ba´dius= Fr.—bay-brown. =Pileus= convex, even, soft, viscose or glutinous, shining when dry, _tawny-chestnut_. =Flesh= whitish, tinged with yellow, bluish next the tubes. =Tubes= large, angular, long, adnate or sinuate-depressed, whitish-yellow, becoming tinged with green. =Stem= subequal, even, solid, paler, _brown-pruinate_. =Spores= fusoid-oblong.

=Pileus= 2–3 in. broad. =Stem= 2–4 in. long, 3–5 lines thick.

Woods, especially of pine. New York, _Peck_; Minnesota, _Johnson_; Wisconsin, _Bundy_; Nova Scotia, _Somers_.

In the American plant the spores are 10–12×4–5µ.

Cordier classes it among the edible species. _Peck_, Boleti of the United States.

=B. mi´tis= Krombh.—mild. =Pileus= convex, then plane or depressed, firm, viscid, yellowish-flesh color, reddish-rust color when dry. =Flesh= pale, grayish-yellow. =Tubes= _short, olivaceous or golden-yellow_, their mouths compound, angular, unequal. =Stem= firm, short, even, narrowed toward the base, colored like the pileus. =Spores= 12–14×4µ.

=Pileus= 2–2.5 in. broad. =Stem= 2–2.5 in. long.

Mixed woods. New England, _Frost_.

This species is unknown to me and is recorded by Mr. Frost only. _Peck_, Boleti of the United States.

=B. uni´color= Frost MS. =Pileus= broadly convex or nearly plane, viscid when moist, even, sometimes streaked as if with minute innate brown fibrils, _pale-yellow_. =Flesh= _pale-yellow_. =Tubes= adnate or slightly decurrent, rather short, compound, _lemon-yellow_, becoming darker with age. =Stem= _even_, equal or narrowed toward the base, colored like the pileus. =Spores= reddish-yellow, 9–11×4µ.

=Pileus= 2–4 in. broad. =Stem= 2 in. long, 4–6 lines thick.

Pine woods and open sedgy places. New England, _Frost_.

Specimens not seen. The species seems too near B. bovinus, of which it may possibly be a variety, but its yellow flesh and the colors ascribed to the tubes and spores require its separation. Rev. C.J. Curtis sends notes of a species found by him in North Carolina, which agree with this in its characters so far as noted. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

=B. ignora´tus= Pk. =Pileus= convex, viscid, bright lemon-color, marked with wrinkled lines of orange color, which are distributed over the pileus, giving it a streaked appearance. =Flesh= white, solid, does not change color when cut or broken; taste slightly acid. =Pores= lemon-color, moderately large, free, connected with the stem by web-like filaments. =Stem= larger at the apex, somewhat tapering toward the base, yellow, smooth, solid. =Spores= 4.5×11µ.

This closely approaches Boletus unicolor Fr., from which it scarcely differs except in its white flesh and free tubes. Fungi of Maryland, _Mary E. Banning_. _Peck_, 44th Rep. N.Y. State Bot.

=B. bovi´nus=—_bos_, an ox. =Pileus= nearly plane, glabrous, viscid, pale yellow. =Flesh= _white_. =Tubes= very short, subdecurrent, their mouths compound, pale yellow or grayish, becoming rust-colored. =Stem= equal, even, colored like the pileus. =Spores= fusiform, dingy greenish-ocher, 7.5–10×3–4µ.

=Pileus= 2–3 in. broad. =Stem= 1.5–2 in. long, sometimes cespitose.

Pine woods. North Carolina, _Schweinitz_, _Curtis_; Pennsylvania, _Schweinitz_; New England, _Frost_, _Palmer_, _Bennett_, _Sprague_, _Farlow_; California, _H. and M._

The shallow tubes, 2–3 lines long, are said to resemble the pores of Merulius lacrymans. The species is recorded edible by Curtis, Gillet and Palmer. _Peck_, Boleti of the U.S.

West Virginia mountains under hemlocks, 1882–1885, and near Haddonfield, N.J., under pines. _McIlvaine_, 1892. Gregarious and in clusters. The pore surface was in some specimens broadly wrinkled.