Habitat
Scattered to gregarious under red fir (Abies magnifica) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains; fruiting in the fall, rarely in the spring.
Edibility
Unknown.
Comments
This bolete can be distinquished by blue-staining, bright yellow pores that turn red as it matures (except at the pileus margin, which remain yellow) and its association with red fir.
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.jpg "Inocybe geophylla var. lilacina")
.jpg "Tubaria punicea")
.jpg "Mycena adscendens")
.jpg "Longula texensis")
.jpg "Gautieria monticola")
.jpg "Lichenomphalia umbellifera")
.jpg "Russula abietina")
.jpg "Lentinus torulosus: Panus conchatus")
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.jpg "Clitocybe inversa")
.jpg "Lentinellus montanus")
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