Blue-staining Slippery Jack

Also known as Poor Man's Slippery Jack, Woolly-Capped Suillus

Forming beneficial mycorrhizal partnerships with lodgepole and jack pines across North American coniferous forests, this distinctive bolete helps host trees absorb vital soil nutrients. Its pale yellow to brownish cap is covered in fibrous, woolly scales, while the yellow pore surface immediately turns blue when bruised or cut. During moist autumn weather, fruit bodies emerge in clusters among pine needles and moss beds.