COMMON NAME: Purple-red Bolete.

CAP: (2-4.5 cm) wide, broadly conic when young, becoming convex in age; surface dry, sticky when moist, slightly velvety when young, becoming finely cracked in age, red or reddish when young, yellower in age; flesh bright yellow, not blueing when cut or bruised; odor and taste not distinctive.

PORE SURFACE: bright rose-red when young, becoming dull rose-red to rose-pink in age, not blueing when cut or bruised; pores angular, 1-2 per mm.

STALK: (2-3.5 cm) long, (6-12 mm) thick, nearly equal, solid, red or reddish initially, sometimes mixed with yellow, not reticulate, lacking yellow mycelium at the base; partial veil and ring absent.

SPORE PRINT: brown.

MICROSCOPIC FEATURES: spores 12-15 x 3-5 μm, subfusoid, smooth, pale brown, strongly dextrinoid.

FRUITING: solitary, scattered, or in groups on the ground in mixed woods and under conifers; July-September; occasional.

EDIBILITY: unknown.

COMMENTS: also known as Boletus rubinellus.

From Mushrooms of Northeastern North America Alan E. Bessette, Arleen R. Bessette, & David W. Fischer  Copright © 1997 Syracuse University, ISBN 0-8156-0388-6