Found on conifer wood near snowmelt, ~7800' elevation.
Found by Elle in the Pigmy Forest. Fresh mushroom was not photographed.
Micrograph is gill edge 1000x in KOH
Growing in tanoak/madrone/mixed conifer forest. Specimens available for voucher.
I am pretty sure they are growing from Redwood roots covered in moss. There are a few Tanoak seedlings a couple feet away but almost all trees around are redwood and there is a small redwood directly above. Pics 6 and 7 are uv/no uv
Fruitbody 1.5 - 6 mm across. Stipe 1.5 - 3 mm long. Growing on cedar twig. Spores 21 - 25.7 x 5.6 - 6.6 um. Asci tips not bluing in Lugol's solution. Based on the spore size, and asci tips not bluing in iodine, I believe this is Chloroscypha enterochroma rather than Chloroscypha alutipes.
Plasmodium photographed approximately 20 hours before the fruit bodies were photographed
Growing on a well decayed Quercus agrifolia log.
Thanks to Evelyn Chea for showing me the location - it's the same log from https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195513390