The excellent photograph of the species, taken by the late Dr. J.R. Weist, Richmond, Ind., presents a life-like picture of it.
Photograph by Dr. J.R. Weist. Supplement, Plate I.
AGARICUS ABRUPTUS PK.
Boletus granulatus albidipes n. var. “Under pine trees. Westport. October. This variety differs from the typical form of the species in having the flesh of the pileus white, except next the tubes, where it is faintly yellowish, the stem white externally and internally, and in having a slight membranaceous veil which forms a very thin annulus on the stem of the young plant, or forms fragments which adhere to the margin of the pileus.” Peck, 54th Rep. N.Y. State Bot.
For typical form B. granulatus, see page [416].
Boletus chrysenteron albocarneus n. var. White Flesh Boletus. Pileus fleshy, convex above, dry, subglabrous, varying from brick red to bay red. Flesh white, sometimes tinged with red near the surface; tubes rather long, adnate or slightly depressed around the stem, greenish yellow, their mouths small, subrotund. Stem equal or nearly so, solid, subglabrous, colored like or a little paler than the pileus, white within.
The white flesh boletus is quite common in the Adirondack forests and quite constant in its characters. I have not seen it with yellow flesh, though in other respects it agrees very well with the description of B. chrysenteron. The cap is not often cracked, but, when it is, the cracks are sometimes red, sometimes yellowish, though the flesh is constantly white except just beneath the cuticle, where it is sometimes reddish. The tubes are long and greenish yellow. They are at first nearly plane in the mass, but with the expansion of the cap the mass often becomes ventricose. The mouths of the tubes are small and nearly round. Wounds or bruises of the mass become bluish or greenish blue. The stem is firm, solid and colored like the cap, though it is sometimes a little paler.
The Cap is 1–2.5 inches broad; the Stem 1–2 inches long, 2–4 lines thick. The trial specimens were fried in butter and found to be harmless, palatable and digestible. Peck, 54th Rep. N.Y. State Bot.
For typical species—B. chrysenteron—see page [431].