Boletus aereus Bull. ex Fr. Schwarzer Steinpilz Tête de nègre, Cèpe bronzé Cap 7–16cm, dark cigar brown, bay to dark sepia, often dark brick-coloured near the margin, minutely cracking making the surface roughly textured, slightly downy at first then smooth. Stem 60–80 x 11–12mm, robust, covered with network which is brown near apex, clay pink or buff around the middle and rusty below. Flesh white, unchanging or becoming dirty vinaceous when bruised. Taste pleasant, smell strong and earthy. Tubes white to cream, finally sulphur-yellow. Pores similarly coloured but bruising vinaceous on handling and often flushed rust with age. Spores olivaceous snuff-brown, subfusiform, 13.5–15.5 x 4–5.5µ. Habitat with broad-leaved trees, especially beech and oak. Season summer to autumn. Rare. Edible – excellent. Distribution, America and Europe.