Morphologically similar to the members of Tylopilus in the pinkish hymenophore and belonging to the porcini group (Boletus sect.

[2] The cap is 8.5 to 10.5 cm in diameter, hemispherical in shape; The surface is dry and distinctly rugose, dull yellow to yellow with olivacous tinge.

The flesh is cream to yellowish in color and does not turn blue when bruised.

The pores are white-stuffed when young, becoming pinkish like those of Tylopilus spp., unchanged when bruised.

[2] Solitary or gregarious in the subtropical Fagaceae forests in Southwest China.