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Found in conifer-dominant subalpine forest southeast of Anthony's Peak, Mendocino National Forest
Growing in Abies duff near snow under Abies magnifica and Abies concolor, looked as if there was a low intensity burn in the area
Pileus smooth, waxy, depressed, slightly sulcate, dark brown in center becoming lighter near margin, hygrophanous. Lamellae broadly attached to sub-decurrent, grey, sub-distant, waxy feeling. Stipe equal, fibrous, covered in fine white fibrils
Smell indistinct

Found in conifer-dominant subalpine forest southeast of Anthony's Peak, Mendocino National Forest
Growing in abundance near snow under Abies magnifica and Abies concolor
Growing sub-hypogeously in "shrumps". Pileus smooth, greyish/silver to white, covered in soil. Lamellae close, white when young becoming grayish in age broadly attached, waxy. Stipe thick, dense, fibrous, mostly equal, solid throughout
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
No KOH
Stipe base fluoresces bright green

Folsom Lake State Recreation Area- Mixed ecotypes. Quercus wislizeni dominant woodland with scattered Pinus sabiniana, occasional grassland zones and chaparral
Found in a rodent dig in sandy soils under Quercus wislizeni and Styrax redivivus
Truffle with scaly, orange-red peridium. Gleba white, veined, gelatinous looking, with orange, inverted tissue in center
Smell indistinct

Folsom Lake State Recreation Area- Mixed ecotypes. Quercus wislizeni dominant woodland with scattered Pinus sabiniana, occasional grassland zones and chaparral
Growing on well decomposed wood under the bark of a large, moist, decomposing log (probably Pinus sabiniana)
Irregular, parachute/umbrella like form with a white, sulcate, irregularly lobed pileus covered in cobweb-like hairs. Lamellae distant, veiny. Blotches of pink coloration throughout
Smell indistinct

Near coast live oak and bay laurel fruiting underneath a wooden step in the trail, protruding from the ground. Mostly smooth peridium. Gleba composed of tightly folded "gills". Faint fruity rubber odor.

Found in my personal garden
Growing on dead, woody twigs of Malva assurgentiflora
Minute cups with a textured, greyish hymenophore, exterior covered in dense white hairs. Many of the sporocarps have internal growth giving them a donut-like appearance

Second and third photo show specimen that was found in situ. I brought the specimens home and put them in a small container with a damp paper towel and a week later they formed fruit bodies as shown the rest of the photos

In coast live oak and bay laurel duff. Cap velvety when young, opening into somewhat broad appressed scales. Cap remaining mostly conical. Stipe texture same as cap. Densely matted cobwebby basal tomentum with rhizomorphs extending from the cobwebby material. Gills with pink hue even when young.

Mixed hardwood/conifer forest in the Madeline Sone Wildlife Preserve
Growing on a ~2in diameter Umbellularia californica branch in a Sequoia sempervirens and Umbellularia californica dominant forest by creek
Reflexed body form with a dark brown/black cap and margin. Hymenophore dingy, off-white to grey with irregular, angular pores
Smells like an auto mechanic shop- hints of petrochemicals and slightly metallic
KOH indistinct

KOH reaction went from green to bright yellow within a few minutes. Rusty brown spores evident where gills attach to stipe (not shown as clearly in photograph). Was found growing in mixed tanoak/madrone/conifer forest.

San Vicente Redwoods- Mixed hardwood/conifer forest that burned in the 2020 CZU fire
Growing from a burned piece of wood under Quercus agrifolia, Arbutus menziesii and Pseudotsuga menziesii. Found on the side of the forest that burned at low intensity in the 2020 CZU due to cultural fire
Small cups with an olive green-brown hymenophore and a light brown exciple
Smell indistinct