Distribution: It is widespread and can be rather common in some years, but usually is not abundant.

Habitat: woodland

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Edibility: It is not generally regarded as a good edible.

It is not generally regarded as a good edible.

Spores are brown to pink-brown. Fruitbody growth up to 5 inches and cap diameter up to 3 inches. Chalciporus piperatoides is similar in appearance but the tubes stain bluish and the spore print is olive rather than brown.

Sources: Trudell, Steve and Joe Ammirati. Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, Timber Press, Inc. 2009. Roberts, Peter and Evans, Shelley. The Book of Fungi. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2011.