Boletus erythropus (Fr. ex Fr.) Secr. Flockenstieliger Hexenröhrling Bolet à pied rouge Cap 8–20cm, bay to snuff-brown with olivaceous tints, tending to yellowish ochre towards the margin, slightly velvety at first, soon becoming smooth and sometimes slightly viscid when wet, bruising blue-black. Stem 45–145 x 20–50mm, robust, yellowish densely covered in red dots. Flesh yellow, immediately dark blue on cutting. Taste and smell not distinctive. Tubes lemon-yellow then greenish, becoming dark blue on cutting. Pores small, round, orange-red becoming rusty with age, readily bruising dark blue to black. Spore print olivaceous snuff-brown. Spores subfusiform 12–15 x 4–6µ. Habitat in coniferous, broad-leaved and mixed woodland. Season late summer to autumn. Common. Edible only when cooked, can cause gastric upsets. Distribution, America and Europe.