Boletus fragrans Vitt. Starkriechender Röhrling Cap 5–12cm across, convex then expanded, umber to date-brown, velvety at first becoming smooth. Stem 70–90 x 30–50mm, spindle-shaped, apex yellow becoming flushed red below, whitish above base in young specimens, extreme base black. Flesh lemon-yellow flushed red below cap cuticle, blueing only after several hours. Taste and smell pleasant. Tubes lemon-yellow sometimes with olivaceous flush. Pores lemon-yellow at first, later chrome-yellow, bruising faintly bluish. Spores elliptic, 9–16 x 4.5–6.5µ. Habitat deciduous woods. Season autumn. Rare. Said to be edible -avoid. Distribution, America and Europe.