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+Cap+ reddish-brown or ochraceous, 1 to 3 inches broad, convex or nearly
plane, smooth, slightly viscid when moist, flesh white or yellowish,
taste acrid, peppery. +Tubes+ long, large, unequal, plane or convex,
adnate or nearly decurrent, reddish, ferruginous. +Stem+ 1 1/2 to 3
inches long, 2 to 4 lines thick, slender, almost equal, tawny yellow;
at the base a bright yellow. The cap in our specimen was marked with
cracks and patches, and the margin obtuse. The stem was rather curved,
and the same color as the cap. Flesh yellow. Tubes a dark-reddish,
decided color, which makes it a striking-looking mushroom. Taste
peppery.
+BOLETUS SORDIDUS = dingy.+
+The Dingy-colored Boletus.+
+Cap+ a dingy, dark brown, about 2 inches broad, flesh white, tinged
with red. +Tubes+ long, nearly free, 3/8 inch long, white, turning a dark
bluish-green. +Stem+ tapering toward apex, 2 1/2 inches long, curved,
solid, 1/2 inch thick, brownish, marked with darker streaks. The mouths
of tubes were angular, and the stem striate in our specimen.
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