The pileus is one to two inches broad, convex, becoming plane, often slightly umbonate, subtomentose, reddish. Flesh yellowish-white, slowly changing to pinkish when bruised.
The tubes are nearly plane, adnate, their mouths rather large, angular, at first bright-red, becoming reddish-brown.
The stem is equal or slightly thickened below, red, from one to two inches long. The spores are oblong, 12.5×4µ.
They are found in thin woods, July and August.
Boletus eximius. Pk.
The Select Boletus. Edible.
Figure 292.—Boletus eximius. Two-thirds natural size.
Eximius means select.