Found on the side of the road in grass near a entrance to a logging road where Ps. pelliculosa are frequent.
DNAbarcodeITS
Sample 1 NNNNNANCNANCTGATTTGAGGTCAATGGTTCNATTGTCCNAAGACGGTGAGAAGCGGGGCAAACACCTTTTTACAGCAATCCTAAAATCCACGGCGTACATCATTATCACACCAATAGATAGGTTTGCGCGGGGCACCCACTAATTCATTTGAGAGGAGCAGACCTTTCGGCCTGCAGAAAACCTCCACATCCAAGCCATCATCACAAAAGCGATGAGGTTGAGAATTTAATGACACTCAAACAGGCATGCTCGTCGGAATACCAACGAGCGCAAGGTGCGTTCAAAGATTCGATGATTCACTGAATTCTGCAATTCACATTACTTATCGCATTTCGCTGCGTTCTTCATCGATGCGAGAGCCAAGAGATCCGTTGCTGAAAGTTGTATATGGTTTATAGGCTTAGAGCCCATTGAATCGTTCTGTTACTTTTAATAGTGTATGTGTAAATACATAGGACCTGAAACGTTAGGGAGTTGCCTCCCTTCCACTCCAGACCTACAGTGTGCGCCCAGGTGGAAAAACCAAGGAGGGGAAGGGTGGACCGATCCCCCCAAAAGGAAAAGAACAACCCGCCCTGTTTATTCGAAAATGAACCCTCCCCAAGGTCCACCAACGAAAACTTGGTTCCAATTTTTCCTCCTNCNAATGAACCAGAAACCCTTCGACAGGTCTACTANGACAAACATGGTACCAACTTTAACTTCTCCTAATGGAAC
Sample 2
CTGATTTGAGGTCAATGGTTCNATTGTCCNAAGACGGTGAGAAGCGGGGCAAACACCTTTTTACAGCAATCCTAAAATCCACGGCGTACATCATTATCACACCAATAGATAGGTTTGCGCGGGGCACCCACTAATTCATTTGAGAGGAGCAGACCTTTCGGCCTGCAGAAAACCTCCACATCCAAGCCATCATCACAAAAGCGATGAGGTTGAGAATTTAATGACACTCAAACAGGCATGCTCGTCGGAATACCAACGAGCGCAAGGTGCGTTCAAAGATTCGATGATTCACTGAATTCTGCAATTCACATTACTTATCGCATTTCGCTGCGTTCTTCATCGATGCGAGAGCCAAGAGATCCGTTGCTGAAAGTTGTATATGGTTTATAGGCTTAGAGCCCATTGAATCGTTCTGTTACTTTTAATAGTGTATGTGTAAATACATAGGACCTGAAACGTTAGGGAGTTGCCTCCCTTCCACTCCAGACCTACAGTGTGCGCCCAGGTGGAAAAACCAAGGAGGGGAAGGGTGGACCGATCCCCCCAAAAGGAAAAGAACAACCCGCCCTGTTTATTCGAAAATGAACCCTCCCCAAGGTCCACCAACGAAAACTTGGTTCCAATTTTTCCTCCTNCNAATGAACCAGAAACCCTTCGACAGGTCTACTANGACAAACATGGTACCAACTTTAACTTCTCCTAATGGAAC
A bit old. Cap dry, smooth. Two large clumps of this. Fir, at sea level. Odor fairly indistinct, maybe slightly farinaceous. Taste - not bitter, a bit farinaceous perhaps. KOH a very dark blue/black/green color to my eye. Dried and saved a chunk of it that looked in decent condition if anybody interested in it for further study.
in fen with willow, among grasses and liverworts on peaty soil
Laccaria....??
In a fen, probably growing amongst pictured Aulacomnium
Collected at PNW Key Council spring foray, 2017
Single to gregarious in soil under shrubs – rose, dogwood etc. near Quercus, Pseudotsuga, + unidentified smaller hardwood
Cap – < 3.7 cm diam., sub-acute conical; hygrophanous; reddish-ochre at first, drying to ochraceous-buff; smooth, lubricous,
Gills – deeply notched but attached; close; pale orange-ochre, sub-serrate edges;
Stipe – < 10.0 cm tall x 0.8 cm wide; dry; striate to grooved; no annulus; deeply rooting.
Micro – spores ~ 5-7 × 3-3.5, oblong, white, smooth, inamyloid
Cap- 40mm diam.; Stipe-55×4mm; Spores- 5-7×3.5-5(6)
With mixed conifers- thuja, Tsuga, Pseudotsuga
Substrate is moose dung.
Distinct aroma of maple syrup.
KOH reaction on flesh in second photo.
Added a photo of Baeospora’s weakly amyloid spores in Melzer’s