Habitat: conifer woodlands
Substrate: hemlock
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Edibility: Edible.
Edible.
Spores are white. Growth of up to 2.5 inches. Cap diameter up to 2.5 inches. Albatrellus flettii is another blue species but is often larger (cap diameter of 8 inches), and has pink-buff spores.
Sources: Roberts, Peter and Evans, Shelley. The Book of Fungi. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2011.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Albatrellus caeruleoporus in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
CalPhotos: Albatrellus caeruleoporus photos