[1] Its spongy but tough, sweet-smelling flesh exudes a red liquid when young.

This fungus fruits on hardwood logs and stumps in late autumn.

A widely distributed species, it has been recorded from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.

[2] The species was originally described as Boletus resinosus in 1794 by German botanist Heinrich Schrader.

[3] Young, soft specimens may be cooked and eaten, but the species becomes hard and unpalatable later in life.