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Pisgah unburned control. This site has evidence of a fire >>50 years ago as the oaks are resprouts, but they are large. Unburned only with respect to known historical fires.

Hanging down from the underside of an oak log (yes with Mollisia). Often in insect holes.

Quercus agrifolia, Arbutus menziesii, Arctostaphylos. Velvety cap. Broadly attached gills. BRIGHT yellow UVF on gills and stipe. Brown KOH reaction on cap. Odor reminiscent of a plant that I seem to recognize as toxic but can't remember the plant from just the odor

Odor not distinct. Cap 4 cm across. Stipe 7.5 cm long x 5 - 6 mm thick. KOH dark red on cap and stipe. UV365 negative on all surfaces. Growing in needle duff in a forest with Western Hemlock, Douglas-fir and Sitka Spruce. Spores rough, average size 8 x 4.5 µm.

Photo #6 (of Field Data Slip) is GPS tagged.

Spore deposit orange-brown. Cap 5 - 7 cm across. Gills with olive hue. Stipe 5.5 cm long x 1.2 - 1.5 cm wide at the apex, 2.1 - 3 cm wide at the base. KOH brown on cap. Growing under Picea sitchensis.
Possibly C. riederi.

Spore deposit orange-brown. Odor not distinct. Cap 6.4 - 6.7 cm across, glutinous when wet. Gills light brown. Stipe 8 cm long x 1.2 - 1.3 cm wide at the apex, 3.5 - 3.6 cm wide at the base. Average spore size 8.4 x 5.2 µm. KOH orange reddish brown on cap.

Emerging through duff under giant Quercus kelloggii, with mixed younger Calocedrus decurrens.
Tan cap 8–15 cm diameter. Tubes yellow, immediately bruising blue; distinctly notched attachment to stipe. Stipe 3–7 cm at apex, expanding downward to a large bulb with a tapered base. Taste mildly bitter.

Right beside a Picea rubens root. Red pores. Stains black immediately on all areas of the basidiocarp including flesh when cut. Smells slightly nutty.
Last photo is a cross section half way through dehydration.

Three fruiting bodies along the roots of mature Quercus sp.(likely non-native red Oak).
Long rooting hypogeous stem with wrinkled folds tapering downward(attached to roots of Quercus).
Staining immediately pinkish/red where handled.
Smooth Peridium(above ground portion) slightly splitting on two specimens on right.
Peridium is smooth. NOT PIMPLED.
KOH on Peridium: reddish brown/orange after a few seconds. See at home images of KOH application.
Peridium is very thick walled/firm. See bisection shots included.
Gleba: brownish purple.
Gleba KOH: stains reddish brown/Orange similar to Peridium reaction but a bit more orange. Changing to blue/green after full dehydration. See images included of application.
Harvested all 3 specimens.
Sliced off a small portion of mature Gleba tissue and performed crush mount in KOH.
Spores: round, medium/large. Reticulate.
Captured Multiple shots of Cystidia like ornamentation and long hyphal threads at both 100X and 400X magnification using my celestron digital scope.
Thoroughly dehydrated all 3 specimens and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/524515?q=1ovZI