Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Ceriomyces betula (Schw.) Murrill, Mycologia 1 : 144. 1909
Boletus Betula Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1 : 90. 1822.
Boletus Morgani Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 10 : 73. 1883. (Type from Kentucky.)
Pileus hemispheric, 3-9 cm. broad, 1-2 cm. thick; surface smooth, viscid, shining, perfectly glabrous, latericeous to almost luteous ; margin acute, paler: context whitish, tinged with red or yellow, becoming reddish when bruised, slightly acid, not bitter ; tubes nearly free, depressed at times, fiavous, becoming darker at maturity, changing to greenishyellow when wounded, mouths large, subcircular, somewhat unequal : spores melleous to olive-brown, papillate, oblongellipsoid, 16-20 X 7-9 z^: stipe tapering upward at the base, very long, pitted with long narrow depressions, giving it a shaggy appearance, flavous above and along the ridges, dull-purplish below, especially in the depressions, flesh solid, white or yellow with purplish tints-, 10-20 cm. long, 0.5-1.5 cm. thick.
Type locality : North Carolina.
Habitat : Rocky deciduous woods.
Distribution ; North Carolina to Alabama and west to Tennessee, Ohio, and Kentucky.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
