. Mushrooms and their use . Mushrooms. Boletus siiblnte\is. B. granulatus. collar, wMcli is formed by the collapsing of tlie glutin- ous veil, is in the form of a thick glutiaous band rather than a membrane, and the cap is generally smaller than in that species. In other re- spects the two species are so much alike that a more ex- tended description of this one is scarcely necessary. Its cap is two to four inches broad, its stem two to three inches long, and one-fourth to one-third of an inch thick. It occurs in places where pine trees grow or have grown, and is especially fond of a light sand
. Mushrooms and their use . Mushrooms. Boletus siiblnte\is. B. granulatus. collar, wMcli is formed by the collapsing of tlie glutin- ous veil, is in the form of a thick glutiaous band rather than a membrane, and the cap is generally smaller than in that species. In other re- spects the two species are so much alike that a more ex- tended description of this one is scarcely necessary. Its cap is two to four inches broad, its stem two to three inches long, and one-fourth to one-third of an inch thick. It occurs in places where pine trees grow or have grown, and is especially fond of a light sandy soil shaded by a thin or scattering growth of young pines. It appears in late summer and in autumn. The Granulated boletus. Boletus granulatus, is another viscid- cap species that delights especially in the company of pine trees and groves. These species are scarcely found at all in regions destitute of pines. The cap of this one is very variable in color, pinkish-gray, grayish-yellow, reddish, reddish-brown and tawny hues prevailing. A spotted appearance is sometimes produced by the drying gluten. The flesh is thick and white except near the stratmn of pores, where it is tinted yellow. The mass of pores is at first pale yellow, but with advancing age it assumes the dingy ochraceous hues common to many species. The stem is short, solid, whitish, with no collar, but adorned either in its entire length, or on the upper part only with un- equal brown dots or granules. These first appear like drops of a thick, turbid juice oozing from the stem, but in a short time they harden and form the brown granules that give origin to the name of the fungus. They also occur on the edges of the par- titions between the pores. The cap varies in size from one and a half to four inches broad, and the stem from one to two inches long, and from one-third to two-thirds of an inch thick. The Granulated boletus is common in sandy regions where pine trees and thickets are frequent, and occurs from Jul
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