drdick98229's Identifications

Widespread on decaying conifer log. Unburned forest.

Edited 7/7/24 to add spore photos:

Microscopy by Dan Morton, spore measurements by Bitty Roy:

"Spore measurements N=42, Range of length 3.23-6.16, average=4.95. Width range=1.67-4.49, average=3.16 with Image J, which is similar to what Dan Morton found with his set up on the same image: (4.5) 4.8- 5.8 (6.6) x (3.1) 3.2 - 3.5 (3.7) µm, Q = (1.3) 1.4 - 1.8 (2.1), N = 22, Me = 5.3 x 3.3, Qe = 1.6."

Taste bitter, growing in small groups on fallen stick- I believe Tsuga.
Tough stiped, with orange bases and black lower halfs transitioning to warm orange brown, with orange powdery material.
Caps convex. Gills broadly adnate to weakly decurrent.