Cap pale olive or tan, initially convex before flattening with a velvety tan surface, often becoming cracked in age. The flesh is white or pallid yellow, with a faint brownish zone beneath the cap cuticle. It is unchanging, thick and soft. Pores yellow, becoming olive-yellow with maturity and bruising blue or green before fading somewhat. When bruised the pores usually turn blue, but the bruised area eventually becomes brownish. Stem is a pallid cap colour or slightly darker, sometimes with a brick-red tinge. It is slender and slightly bulbous. The stem has no ring. The stem flesh is similarly coloured as the cap but browner. Spore print olive-brown.
Microscopic Features: Spores are smooth, subfusiform to ellipsoidal, measuring 10-15 x 4-6µm.
Boletus subtomentosus on the www.first-nature.com web site.
Xerocomus subtomentosus on the MushroomExpert.Com web site.
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