Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Ceriomyces peckii (Frost) Murrill, Mycologia 1 : 151. 1909
Boletus Pec Hi Frost ; Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 29: 45. 1878.
Boletus roseotinclus Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 27 : 612. 1900. (Type from North Carolina. )
Pileus rather thick, firm, convex or nearly plane, 4-7 cm. broad; surface dry, subglabrous to pruinose or slightly velvety, paleor deep-red, usually fading to pale-tan or buffbrown with age or on drying; margin incurved, entire, concolorous: context firm, white or yellowish, bluish when bruised, taste unpleasant; tubes short, adnate or slightly decurrent, nearly plane in mass, yellow, changing to blue when wounded, mouths minute, circular, edges uneven: spores oblong, smooth, pale ochraceous-brown, 10-12 X 4-5 ;«: stipe equal or subventricose, usually yellow above, red or purplish-red below or the entire length, reticulate, especially above, solid, 4-7 cm, long, 0.5-1.2 cm. thick.
Type locality : Sandlake, New York.
Habitat : Rather open deciduous woods.
Distribution : New England to North Carolina and west to Indiana.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
