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 "Clitocybe fragrans")
.jpg "Tremella aurantia")
.jpg "Clathrus ruber")
.jpg "Coprinus sterquilinus")
.jpg "Peziza repanda")
.jpg "Pithya cupressina")
.jpg "Coprinus comatus")
.jpg "Kurotake: Boletopsis leucomelaena")
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.jpg "Melanophyllum haematospermum")
.jpg "Russula xerampelina")
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.jpg "Thaxterogaster pingue")
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