Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Boletus amabilis Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 27 : 612. 1900
Pileus circular, convex, 5-18 cm. in diameter ; surface glabrous, reddish-tawny, with small brown or blackish -brown spots in dried specimens, probably viscid when fresh ; margin even, sterile, concolorous : context pallid ; tubes radiating, decurrent to the annulus, short, yellow, mouths angular, radially elongate, edges thin, entire : stipe equal or slightly tapering downward, paler than the pileus, reticulate above the small whitish annulus, solid, 2.5-5 cm. long, 8-16 mm. thick.
Type locality : Colorado. Habitat : Dense spruce woods. Distribution : Colorado.
- 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
