Strobilomyces, the old men

Strobilomyces are a unique bolete in that they are almost only black and white in color and have a remarkable texture from their large 'woolly' scales that is easily spotted from far away. 

The coarsely scaled cap is almost always white or light grey, but sometimes the scales are large enough to obscure the cap surface. This older specimen also dried out and darkened with age.

The stipe will have the same wooly scales and often a ring, or ring zone that the hanging sterile tissue around the margin (edge of cap) were connected to. The stipe is approximately the same width from top to bottom. You may also see some reticulation at the apex (top) of the stipe.