Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Boletinus spectabilis Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State
Cab. 23: 128. 1872.
Pileus broad, convex, 5-10 cm. broad; surface bright-red, viscid when moist, at first covered with a red tomentum, becoming squamose and fading to grayish-red or yellowishbrown : context whitish or pale-yellow, becoming deeper yellow on exposure, emitting a strong, unpleasant odor ; tubes adnate, convex in mass, ochraceous, concealed at first by a reddish, glutinous membrane, mouths large, angular : spores oblong-ellipsoid, pointed at one end, usually with one or two nuclei, cremeous-melleous or darker under a microscope, purplish-brown in mass, 12-14X5/^: stipe subequal, yellow above the annulus, red or yellowdsh-red below, 7-12 cm. long, 8-12 mm. thick ; veil tomentose when young, remaining in the form of scales on the pileus and a ring on the stipe.
Type locality : North E^lba, New York. Habitat : Exposed northern swamps.
Distribution : Canada to New York and west to Wisconsin.
- 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
