Boletus pinophilus Pilat & Dermek syn. Boletus pinicola (Vitt.) Venturi syn. B. edulis var pinicola Vitt. Kieferensteinpilz Cèpe des pins, Cèpe acajou Cap 8–20cm, red brown or chestnut, with a white margin, smooth and greasy at first then dry and slightly downy. Stem robust, becoming wider and darker brown below, covered in a fine whitish or cinnamon net which bruises red. Flesh whitish, becoming deep vinaceous below cuticle when cut. Taste and smell pleasant. Tubes whitish, then greenish yellow. Pores small, white, then greenish yellow, finally olivaceous. Spore print olivaceous snuff-brown. Spores subfusiform, 13–17 x 4–5µ. Habitat in coniferous woods. Season late spring until as late as November. Rare. Edible. Distribution, America and Europe. |