A few growing near live oaks; odor pleasant/earthy; taste not distinctive; stained quickly blackish later faded to greenish; KOH reaction orange; when cut: cap flesh blue (red near cuticle on younger specimen--different species?), stipe flesh darker blue-green (younger specimen yellowish at base of stipe)
Under Q virginiana (4-6m away), Pinus elliotii (10m away); underbrush primarily Cinnamomum camphora