Boletus speciosus Frost 1874

Ceriomyces speciosus (Frost) Murrill, Mycologia 1 : 151. 1909
Boletus speciosus Frost, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 2 : 101. 1874.
Pileus thick, compact, subglobose to convex, 7-15 cm. broad; surface glabrous or subglabrous, smooth, slightly moist, red : context firm, lemon-yellow, changing to greenishblue when wounded and afterwards changing back to yellow, taste nutty ; tubes adnate, plane or slightly depressed, lemon-j^ellow, becoming dingy with age, changing to blue when wounded, mouths small, circular : spores fusiform, smooth, pale ochraceous-brown, 10-12 X4-5^ : stipe stout, solid, reticulate, vivid lemon-yellow without and within, slightly reddish at the base at times, 5-10 cm. long, 2-5 cm. thick.
Type locality : Brattleboro, Vermont.
Habitat : Thin deciduous woods.
Distribution : New England to North Carolina and Tennessee.