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tawny; stem elongated, dotted with red, not reticulate, red
within at the base and partially elsewhere; tubes free.
In woods. King’s Cliffe, etc. Flesh yellow here and there,
blue when cut, but partially red. Far more beautiful than
the last.
21. B. purpureus, Fr.; pileus pulvinate, somewhat velvety,
opaque, dry, purple-red; stem stout, variegated with purple
veins or dots; tubes minute, nearly free, yellow, changing to
green, orifice purple-orange.—Kromb. t. 37. /. 12-15.
In woods. Rare. King’s Cliffe, 1845. Extremely beautiful.
All the above four species are found occasionally in the
same wood, which consists principally of Tilia parvifolia.
***** Esculent; tubes rounded behind; mouth of the same colour.
22. B. edulis. Bull.; pileus pulvinate, smooth, moist, brownish
; stem stout, reticulated, pale brown; tubes half-free, elongated,
minute, at first white, then yellow and green. (Plate
15, fig. 6.)—Huss. i. t. 81.
In woods. More frequent in the south of England than
the north. Esculent. The large size, truly netted stem,
smooth pileus, and agreeable nutty flavour, easily distinguish
this species.
23. B. impoUtus, F r .; pileus pulvinate, dilated, flocculose,
dingy, pallid, at length granuloso-rivulose; margin obtuse;
stem short, stout, compact, even, pallid; tubes nearly free,
very long, yellow, not reticulated.—Kromb. t. 74. /. 10,11.
On woodsides, etc. Not common. Under oaks. King’s
Cliffe. Grows to a large size. Flesh more or less changing
to blue when cut. Fries speaks of his plant as sweet to the
ta ste; mine has the taste of sprouting walnuts, aud is exactly
the plant of Krombholz.
24. B. sestivalis, F r.; pileus pulvinate, silky, soft, at length
rivulose, opaque, minutely granulated and silky, pallid-tan;
stem stout, firm, somewhat conical, even, pallid, white, as well
as the minute, elongated, equal tubes.—Huss. ii. t. 25.
In woodland pastures. King’s Cliffe. Kent, Mrs. Hussey.
A large species. The flesh, I believe, never becomes blue.
2. Spores i
25. B. viscidus, L . ; pileus pulvinate, soft, smooth, viscid,
dirty-yellow; veil suhannulate, torn, white, appendiculate;
stem reticulate ahove; tubes wide, adnate, unequal, livid.
In woods. Rare. Bristol, Dr. Stephens.
36. B. versipellis, Fr.; pileus pulvinate, dry, at first closely
tomentose, then scaly, and smooth in the interstices; veil
membranaceous, annular, inflexed, appendiculate; stem solid,
attenuated upwards, rugoso-squamose; tubes free, plane, minute,
dirty-white.—Sow. t. 110.
In woods. Not uncommon. Pileus of a beautiful orange.
Too nearly, perhaps, allied to the next.
37. B. soaber, F r .; pileus pulvinate, smooth, viscid when
moist, at length rugulose or rivulose; margin veiled; stem
solid, attenuated upwards, rough with fibrous scales; tubes
free, convex, round, minute, white, then dingy.— Vitt. t. 28.
Huss. i. t. 57.
In woods. Extremely common. Generally smaller than
the last.
3. Spores rose-coloured.
28. B. alntarins, F r .; pileus pulvinate, expanded, soft,
velvety, then smooth, brownish-tan; flesh white; stem solid,
hulhous, nearly even, white, together with the pitted apex
and round plane short tubes, which are depressed round the
stem, and become brown when bruised.—Kromb. t. 7 4 ./. 8, 9.
In woodland pastures. Rare. Kent, Mrs. Hussey.
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