Original Herbarium Label: Boletus rainisii Bessette & O.K. Mill. [shoukd be rainsiae ] Syn.: Xerocomellus rainisiae (Bessette & O.K. Mill.) N. Siegel, C.F. Schwarz & J.L. Frank Cyanoboletus rainisiae (Bessette & O.K. Mill.) Gelardi, Vizzini & Simonini Herbarium Specimens: UBC F28899 collected 2006-10-14 (this MO Observation) UBC F29329 collected 2007-09-29 (no MO Observation, but collected at the very same spot as UBC F28899) Described in 2000, type locality: Sol Duc River, Olympic National Forest, Washington. Mixed conifers, including Douglas-fir and western hemlock. [In British Columbia,] "Washington and possibly California". Alan Bessette, William C. Roody, Arleen Rainis Bessette. 2000. North American Boletes A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms. Syracuse University Press.