=Pileus:= Diameter three to six inches. Color, varying
in different individuals, yellowish brown, olive,
or subdued tan color; epidermis soft and dry, with
a fine pubescence. Cracks in surface become yellow.
=Flesh:= Creamy white in mature specimens, changing to
blue, and at length leaden on fracture.
=Tube surface:= Yellow or yellowish green, becoming
bluish when bruised; opening of tubes large and
angled.
=Stem:= Stout; yellowish; minutely roughened with
scurfy dots, or faintly striped with brown.
=Spores:= Brownish ochre.
=Taste=: Sweet and agreeable.
=Habitat:= Woods.
=Season=: Summer and autumn.