(Fries) Krombholz

now called B. Luridiformis Rosthovius

Similar to B. subvelutipes (Peck), it differs in the much darker brown to blackish brown pileus, the bright red stipe which is densely pruinose and the basal tomentum being olive-brown rather than reddish rust. It occurs both in the east and along the west coast. The material reported from Alaska by Wells & Kempton (1967) may well be the western B. amygdalinus (Thiers).