Growing near red pine, eastern white pine, small spruce with some oaks further away. Cap sticky/slimy when wet.
No cap reaction to KOH or NH4OH.
Spore size:
(11.7-)12.3 - 16.2 (-17.6) µm x 4.9 - 5.8 µm, N=30, Q= 2.5-2.9 (-3.3), Me= 14.2 µm x 5.2 µm, Qe= 2.7
Spores in picture shown mounted in KOH at 1000x magnification, calibration bars are 10 microns apart.