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
Spores about 9x4, inamyloid or very weakly amyloid
Bruising almost blue-black. ID by GSMS Winter Foray mycologists.
Vouchered. JET230703_03
Mixed - birch, pine, fir, aspen. Vouchered. JET230725_02
I would suggest Lepista lilacea (formerly a part of L. sordida). cf. https://svampe.databasen.org/taxon/72032. I guess it would be formally transferred by Jacob Heilmann-Clausen
Rusty brownish spotting/staining
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.