Under Picea sitchensis, Pinus contorta, and Morella californica
This thing is huge.
Abundant near the start of the loop trail.
Multiple beetles mating while feeding!
Your sea turned dark and stormy,
I tossed upon a violent gray;
with sea urchin spines thorny,
you goaded me to sail your way
and left my heart in disarray.
~Faye Gibson
Spore deposit cinnamon brown. Odor not distinct. Cap 9.7 cm across, viscid, flap of tissue overhanging margin. Stipe 11.5 x 2.7 - 3.8 cm, base with blue-green staining, slowly turns gray when exposed. 5% KOH turns spores and pores pink. Spores (9.8) 11.9 - 14.4 (15.8) x (3.8) 4.1 - 4.8 (5) µm, Q = (2.6) 2.8 - 3.3 (3.7), Me = 13.3 x 4.4 µm. Growing under Manzanita.