Blue-staining Slippery Jack
This species is ectomycorrhizal with 2-needle pines and in the Northwest that generally means an abundance under lodgepole pine, also called shore pine along the coast, or Ponderosa pine west of the Cascade crest. It can fruit in enormous numbers after late summer or fall rains. The caps are from 5-11 cm broad, with convex to nearly plane shape. They are orangey to orange-brown in color, with brownish to reddish fibrils over the surface. In age the caps may be areolate or smooth. In moist conditions the caps are viscid with slime. The pore surface is orangish to orange-brown and the pores bruise blue slowly. So does the whitish to yellowish flesh when cut. The stipes are from 4-10 cm tall and up to 2.5cm across, cylindrical and equal. There is no odor. The taste is mild to mildly acidic. They are regarded is a mediocre edible, but properly prepared can be fairly tasty, for example after battering and frying.