La réaction à KOH n'est pas indiquée dans la publication originale. Pour être certain, face à une telle récolte (caractères croisés) et étant donné les doutes qui persistent, il serait bien de mesurer précisément les spores.
Je joins ci-dessous les caractères distinctifs énumérés dans la publication originale :
Characters important to distinguish Boletus roseogriseus from other species
of sect. Appendiculati can be summarised as follows.
(1) Pileus at least partly pinkish when young, later with prevailing greyish,
ochreous or brown tints, but mostly with remnants of pinkish or reddish shades at
margin up to maturity. Despite the fact that the coloration of the pileus of B. roseogriseus
rather changes during development, it is sufficiently characteristic and
helps distinguish this species from other boletes of sect. Appendiculati.
(2) Stipe yellow coloured, without pinkish or reddish tints.
(3) Context in stipe base brownish.
(4) Relatively deep blue oxidation of context and tubes.
(5) Growth under Abies in submountainous region.
(6) Very slight or no incrustation of hyphae in pileus cuticle.
(7) Relatively broad spores and a low spore length/width ratio (Qav). For comparison,
the following spore measurements and Qav values were obtained from
our microscopical examination of European species of sect. Appendiculati (in
declining order of their Qav values): B. regius (10)11–14(16) × 3.4–4.5(5) μm, Qav =
3.21; B. subappendiculatus (10.8)11.9–14(17) × 3.5–4.5(4.7) μm, Qav = 3.16;
B. appendiculatus (10.8)11–14(15.5) × (4)4.3–5.1(5.5) μm, Qav= 2.65; B. fuscoroseus
(10)11–13.5(15.8) × (4.1)4.4–5.1(5.9) μm, Qav= 2.61; B. fechtneri (10)11.4–14.2(17.5)
× (4.6)5–6(6.7) μm, Qav= 2.32; B.roseogriseus (11)12–14.5(16.7) × (4.8)5.2–6.5(7.5)
μm, Qav = 2.31.
ainsi que ceux, plus particulièrement, avec subappendiculatus :
B. subappendiculatus (Fig. 24) differs from B. roseogriseus mainly by a light
ochreous or pale brownish pileus coloration without pink or reddish tints; not
blueing or only very slightly blueing pileus context and tubes; its distinctly narrower
spores.
Enfin, voici les photos de l'holotype :