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In mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest: Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia sempervirens, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, with Vaccinium ovatum and Polystichum munitum dominant understory
Growing from slightly compact soil in the middle of a trail under Sequoia sempervirens, Pseudotsuga menziesii and Notholithocarpus densiflorus
Bright red/pink coral with white base. Branching dramatically near tips
Taste slightly spicy
Smell indistinct

No KOH
Branches bright pink under UV

Warm day in January – gathered for microscopy

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Image #1: Tremelloid basidium with phloxine with longitudonal septa
Image #2: On small hardwood branch lying on forest floor
Image #3: Without dye
Image #4: Tremelloid basidium with phloxine
Image #5: Tremelloid basidium with phloxine
Image #6: Yellow contents of some hyphae
Image #7: Clamps in dyed hyphae connected to undyed hyphae

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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Jan. 10, 2016.