Boletus speciosus Frost Cap 6-15cm across, rounded to flattened; bright red, rose red, to dull vinaceous with age; dry, smooth, fibrillose with age. Tubes bright yellow to olive-yellow with age, bruising blue. Pores small (2 per mm); bright yellow bruising blue. Stem 50-130 x 15-40mm, equal to clavate; pale lemon yellow, reddish at base; reticulate over upper half, sometimes overall. Flesh solid, thick; pale yellow, quickly blue when cut, often chrome yellow in base of stem; grayish with FeS04. Odor pleasant. Taste pleasant, not distinctive. Spores subfusiform, smooth, 11-15 x 3-4µ. Deposit olive-brown. Habitat usually solitary in mixed woods. Rather rare. Edibility unknown, I have found no reliable evidence as to edibility or flavour. Found throughout northeastern North America. Season July-September. Edible. Comment See also the very similar Boletus pseudopeckii.