Boletus variipes Pk. Cap 6-10cm across, soon nearly flat; grayish tan to smoky buff; smooth, dry, often cracked when old. Tubes up to 3cm deep; white to pale yellow. Pores white to greenish yellow when mature. Stem 80-150x 10-35mm, equal to clavate; concolorous with cap or paler; surface with faint reticulations over apex, sometimes overall. Flesh firm; white. Odor mild, pleasant. Taste mild, pleasant. Spores subfusiform, 12-16(18) x 3.5-5.5µ.. Deposit olive-brown. Habitat often in large numbers in mixed woodlands, especially beech and oak. Found throughout northern and eastern North America. Season July-September. Edible-good.