Pileus 2–4 in. broad. Stem 1.5–3 in. long, 3–6 lines thick.
Woods and mossy swamps. New York, Peck; New England, Frost; North Carolina, Curtis. Peck, Boleti of the U.S.
West Virginia mountains, 1882. Haddonfield, N.J., Angora, West Philadelphia, Mt. Gretna, Pa. August and September. In mixed woods, principally oak. Leominster, Mass. C.F. Nixon, Ph. G.
It is sometimes found upon much decayed chestnut stumps.
The caps of some species are so cracked as to appear distinctly areolate. The white webby veil is often persistent. The fungus is one of the handsomest. Its rich variegated colors impress it upon eye-memory. It is one of the very best edible species.
Boletinus paluster.
Natural size. (After Peck.)
B. palus´ter Pk.—Pileus thin, broadly convex, plane or slightly depressed, sometimes with a small umbo, floccose-tomentose, bright red. Tubes very large, slightly decurrent, yellow, becoming ochraceous or dingy ochraceous. Stem slender, solid, subglabrous, red, yellowish at the top. Spores pinkish-brown, 8–9×4µ.
Pileus 1–2 in. broad. Stem 1–2 in. long, 2–3 lines thick.