Retiboletus retipes (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Manfr. Binder & Bresinsky 2002

Ceriomyces retipes (Berk. & Curt.) Murrill,
Mycologia 1 : 151. 1909.
Boletus retipes Berk. & Curt. Grevillea 1 : 36. 1872.
Boletus ornatipes Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 29: 67. 1878. (Type from New York.)
Pileus convex above, concave or plane'beneath, rarely cespitose, 5-12 cm. broad, 1-2 cm. thick, surface dry, opaque, somewhat viscid when wet, minutely tomentose to glabrous, sometimes covered with a yellow pulverulence, varying in color from yellow or yellowishbrown to fuliginous : context firm, lightto deep-yellow, unchanging, mild or slightly bitter; tubes adnate, slightly decurrent, somewhat depressed vnth age, 1 cm. or more long, clear lemon-yellow when young, becoming dull-yellow at maturity, darker with age, but not changing when wounded, mouths circular to angular, less than 1 mm. broad, slightly flesh-colored when bruised: spores oblong, smooth, yellowish-brown, 11-14X3-4.5/^: stipe subequal, often bulbous at the base, distinctly and beautifully reticulate, sometimes entirely to the base, yellowish -pulverulent in some specimens, yellow and firm within, yellow or yellowish -brown without, 5-12 cm. long, 0.5-2 cm. thick.
Type locality : North Carolina.
Habitat : In thin woods.
Distribution : Nova Scotia to Alabama and west to Wisconsin.