edible and good.

This is a common plant, usually found in woods and shady waste places,
from June to October. Photographed by Prof. H. C. Beardslee.

_Boletus granulatus. L._

THE GRANULATED BOLETUS. EDIBLE.

[Illustration: Figure 283.--Boletus granulatus. One-half natural size.]

The pileus is two to three inches broad, hemispherical, then convex; at
first covered with a brownish gluten, then turning yellowish; flesh
thick, yellowish, does not turn blue; margin involute at first.

The tubes are adnate; at first white, then light yellow; the margin
distilling a pale watery fluid which when dry gives the granulated
appearance.

The stem is short, one to two inches high, thick, solid, pale yellow
above, white below, granulated. The spores are spindle-shaped,
rusty-yellow.

This plant grows abundantly in pine regions, but I have found it where
only a part of the trees were pine. The brownish gluten, always constant
on the pileus, and the gummy juice drying upon the stem, like granules
of sugar, will be strong features by which to identify the species.

They are found from July to October.

_Boletus bicolor. Pk._

THE TWO-COLORED BOLETUS. EDIBLE.

The pileus is convex, smooth or merely downy, dark red, fading when old,
often marked with yellow; flesh yellow, slowly changing to blue when
bruised.

The tubes are bright yellow, attached to the stem, the color changing to
blue when bruised.

The stem is solid, red, generally red at the top, one to three inches
long.

The spores are pale, rusty-brown color.

Found in woods and open places, from July to October.

_Boletus subtomentosus. L._

THE YELLOW-CRACKED BOLETUS. EDIBLE.

[Illustration: Figure 284.--Boletus subtomentosus. One-half natural
size.]

Subtomentosus, slightly downy. The pileus is from three to six inches
broad, convex, plane; yellowish-brown, olive or subdued tan color;
cuticle soft and dry, with a fine pubescence; the cracks in the surface
become yellow. The flesh is creamy white in mature specimens, changing
to blue, and at length leaden, on being bruised.

The tube surface is yellow or yellowish green, becoming bluish when
bruised; opening of tubes large and angular.

The stem is stout, yellowish, minutely roughened with scurvy dots or
faintly striped with brown. The spores are a rusty-brown.

The cracks in the cap become yellow, on which account this species is
called the Yellow-cracked Boletus. The taste of the flesh is