POISONOUS OR SUSPICIOUS BOLETI.
I. Boletus felleus, Bitter Boletus. 2, Boletus alveolatus, Crimson Boletus. 3, 4. Boletus luridus, Lurid Boletus.
F iqurb 1 above is very m uch like Figures 2 and 3, Plate V I I ., of Edible Mushrooms, from which it is easily distinguished by
its b itter taste and rosy tubes.
F igure 2 is a distinctively American species, and the authority for suspecting it is found in the fact th at all Boleti which
have red or red-mouthed tubes have been considered poisonous. Although valuable for an illustration of the lurid
Boleti, this variety is probably edible.
F igure 3 is easily confounded with Figures 4 and 5, Plate V II., of Edible Mushrooms, if attention is not paid to the color of the
tubes.
