BOLETUS ORNATIPES = ornate and foot.
The Ornate-stemmed Boletus.
Cap 2 to 5 inches broad, yellowish-brown, convex, dry, firm, glabrous or minutely tomentose, flesh yellow or pale yellow. Tubes adnate,
plane or concave, the mouths small or middle size, a clear yellow. Stem 2 to 4 inches long, 4 to 6 lines broad, subequal, distinctly and beautifully reticulated, yellow without and within. In woods and open places.
BOLETUS BREVIPES = short and foot.
The Short-stemmed Boletus.
Cap dark chestnut color, 1½ to 2½ inches broad, thick, convex, covered with a tough gluten, margin inflexed, flesh white or yellowish. Tubes short, nearly plane, adnate, or slightly depressed around the stem, small, white and afterward dingy ochraceous. Stem ½ to 1 inch long, 3 to 5 lines thick, whitish, very short, not dotted, or rarely with a few inconspicuous dots at the edge. This plant was found in October, and looked as if it rested upon the ground, the stem was so short; the cap was covered with gluten.
Lepiota procera.
Photographed by C. G. Lloyd.
LEPIOTA PROCERA = tall.
The Tall Lepiota.
Cap reddish-brown, 3 to 6 inches broad, fleshy; when young egg-shaped, and then campanulate, and flattening out with a broad,