. The mushroom book. A popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner Fungi, with special emphasis on the edible varieties. Mushrooms; Cookery (Mushrooms); cbk. Genus Boletus Purple Boletus Boletus purpureus Ca/—Dry, velvety. Purple red. Flesh—Changing to blue, and then to dark yellow in the young plant. Tubes—Yellow or greenish yellow. Mouths minute, orange tinged with purple, changing to blue where wounded. Stem—Stout, with purple veins or dots. Apex sometimes covered with a network. Yellow, reddish within. Habitat—Woods. Boletus Satanus Cap—Smooth, somewhat sticky. Pale brown
. The mushroom book. A popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner Fungi, with special emphasis on the edible varieties. Mushrooms; Cookery (Mushrooms); cbk. Genus Boletus Purple Boletus Boletus purpureus Ca/—Dry, velvety. Purple red. Flesh—Changing to blue, and then to dark yellow in the young plant. Tubes—Yellow or greenish yellow. Mouths minute, orange tinged with purple, changing to blue where wounded. Stem—Stout, with purple veins or dots. Apex sometimes covered with a network. Yellow, reddish within. Habitat—Woods. Boletus Satanus Cap—Smooth, somewhat sticky. Pale brown or whitish. 3-8 inches broad. Flesh—Whitish, becoming red- dish or violet -when wounded. l^ery poison- ous. Tubes—Yellow. Mouths bright- red, becoming orange. Stem—Thick, swollen, marked above with a red network. 2-3 inches long. Habitat— B- Satanus Bitter Boletus Boletus felleus Cap—Smooth, pale yellowish, greyish brown, yellowish brown, reddish brown, or chestnut. 3-8 inches broad. Flesh—White, changing to flesh colour when bruised. Taste bitter. Tubes—White, becoming flesh colour. Mouths angular. Adnate to the stem. Stem—Covered with network. Colour similar to the cap. 2-4 inches long. Habitat—Woods and open places. Piir-pu'-re-iis Sa-t&'-niis 107 Fa'-le-us. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marshall, Nina L. (Nina Lovering). New York, Doubleday, Page & Co.
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