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BOLETUS LÜTEÜS.
Common yellow Boletus.
C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, U n n— ^ N a t. O r d . FUNGI, L in k ,
Grev.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus carnosus, stipite centrait. Hyménium tubuhsum a pileo discrelum et dis-
tinctum, tubulisque discretis cmnexis.
Pileus carnose, furnished with a central stipes. Hymenium tubular, of a
distinct substance from the pileus : the tubes also distinct from, but in
contact with, each other.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
B o l e tu s lu t e u s ; pileo glutine fusco, seeedente, oblinito; tubuUs adhatis, rotun-
dis, luteis ; stipiteJirmo, annulato, apice punctato— F r i e s .
B, pileus smeared with a fuscous slime, which gradually disappears ; tubes
adnate, round, yellow ; stipes firm, with an annular veil, and dotted at
the top.
B ol e tu s lu t e u s , Linn. FI. Suec. 1247.—Sp. PI. 1646.—Schoeff. Fung. 1 .114,
—Sow. Fung. t. 265.^—Huds. FI. Angl. p . 627-—Relh. FI. Cantab, e d . 3.
p . 545.— Wahl. FI. Lapp. p . 530.— With, Bot. Arr. e d . 6. v. 4. p . 382.—
Winch, Bot. Guide, 2. p . 95— Fries, Obs. 2. p , 242— Syst. v. 1. p . 386.—
Hook. FI. Scot. p t. 2. p . 27.—Grev. FI. Edin. p . 403.
B o l e tu s a n n u la tu s , Pers. Syn. p . 5 0 3 .—FI. Dan. t. 1135.—Alb. el Sclmein.
p . 2 3 8 .—Nees, Syst. t . 26. f. 2 0 4 .—Schwein. Fung. Carol. No. 8 54.
B o l e t u s a n n u la r iu s . Bull. Champ, t. 3 3 2 Bolt. Fung. 1. 169.— De Cand. FL
Franç. ed. 3. v. 2. p. 127.—Ejusd. Syn. p. 26.
B o l e tu s flavus. With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p . 384.
B o l e tu s c o r tin a tu s , Pers. Syn. p . 503.
B o l e tu s d e c u rr e n s , Schum. Scelland. p . 3 7 3 .
B o l e tu s e le g a n s , Schum, 1. c. p . 374.
H ab. I n w o o d s a n d u p la n d p a s tu r e s , p le n tif u l , in th e a u tum n ,
Pileus 2 -4 inches broad, convex, smooth, covered with a glutinous substance,
which gradually disappears, o f a tawny or yellow colour, often
irregularly spotted, and with a reddish tinge. Tubes o f the hymenium
yellow, decurrent, and adnate with the stipes, the orifice minute, uniform.
Flesh thick, pale yellowish, scarcely changing on being cut.
Stipes solid, 2-4 inches long or more, firm, h a lf an inch or more in diameter,
somewhat attenuated upwards, or subequal, pale towards the upper
part, especially above the veil, where it is generally dotted. Be-
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