[1][5] However, recent studies have supported the splintering of Boletus into several genera and recognition of a core Xerocomus group using multi-loci analysis.

The flesh is pale yellow, has no distinctive taste or odor, and, unlike many bolete species, does not turn blue when cut or injured.

It is solid (i.e., not hollow), dry, yellow, and marked by longitudinal grooves that form a partial reticulum (network-like surface).

[8] They can be used in mushroom dyeing, and produce colors such as beige (with yellow, green, or gray tints), or light gold, depending on the mordant used.

[10] Its fruit bodies grow singly, scattered, or in groups on the ground, in forests of oak or oak-pine.