Description:
bolete
Fruiting Body: cap 5-15 cm; stalk central, 5-10 cm long x 1-3 cm diameter; pores 1-2/mm, subangular. Spore Print Color: olive brown. Spores: basidiospores 8-11 (12) x 3.5-4.5 (5) µm, smooth, hyaline.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: flesh oxidizes blue slowly

Diagnostic microscopic feature: pleurocystidia narrow, almost acute to obtuse, (20) 35-50 x 7-12 µm, pileus of interwoven hyphae with terminal elements clavate, oval or cystidioid

Nutritional Mode: ectomycorrhizal

Substrate: on ground

Habitat: under oak or pine

Fruiting Season: summer, fall