Found solitary or scattered on ground under conifers.
Cap: Flat to depressed; occasionally fused with other caps or with aborted mini-caps on top of main cap; surface velvety with ridges and bumps; dry; flesh brown, zoned, tough, fibrous; unpleasant odor when cut. Fertile surface: Crowded reddish-brown spines (1.5-2-5 mm). Stalk: Orange to rusty-brown, cylindrical to somewhat irregular; sometimes spongy near base (J. Solem, pers. comm.).
There are 13 records in the project database.
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