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Spores:
(5)5.2-6.5(7.2)x(1.9)2-2.7(3)um
Q=(1.9)2.1-2.9(3) ; N=30
Me=5.9x2.4um ; Qe=2.5
Allantiod, smooth, hyaline in KOH.
Print: White
Basida: clavate 4 sterigmate.
Odor: sweet fragrant.
Taste: Non distinctive.
Flesh: leathery
KOH: Instant black
Habitat: growing off conifer log

Spores:
(3.1)3.3-3.9(4.1)x(2.1)2.2-2.6(2.7)um
Q=(1.2)1.3-1.6(1.9) ; N=30
Me=3.6x2.4um ; Qe=1.5
Ellipsoid, smooth, amyloid.
Print: White
Basida: Clavate 4 sterigmate.
Cheilocystidia: Abundant, clavate/subclavate/cylindric.
Pleurocysidia: Not found.
Pileipellis: A trichoderm.
Clamp connections: Present on all aspects
KOH: Negative to olive green.
Odor and taste: Non distinctive.
Habitat: Growing off a decayed stump( suspected Populus sp.) in a conifer, hardwood mixed forest.

Spores:
(4.2)4.4-5.2(5.3)x(2.3)2.6-3.1(3.7)um
Q=(1.4)1.5-1.9(2.1);N=30
Me=4.8x2.8um;Qe=1.7
Irregular polygonal, indistinct nodules, inamyloid, hyaline in KOH.
Print: Brown
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate, clamped.
Cystidia: Not found.
Clamp connections: Present in all tissues.
Odor: Strongly fragrant, sickly sweet.
Ecology: Growing under spruce.

There were more immature spores dropped in print than mature spores, and I initially thought I had some kind of cross contamination.
Spores:
(9.9)10.1-12.3(12.6)x(5.9)6.2-7.7(8.7)um
Q=(1.2)1.5-1.8(2);N=30
Me=11.3x6.8um;Qe=1.7
Broadly ellipsoid/fusiform, smooth, variable levels of dextrinoid.
Print: White.
Basidioles: flexouse, slightly irregular.
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate, clamped.
Hymenial cystidia: Not found.
Pileipellis: A cutis of hyaline hyphae.
Clamp connections: Found only in basida.
Taste and odor: Very disagreeable.
Ecology: Growing in a good-sized group under spruce.

Spores: Measured without nodules. (Nodules= ~1um)
(4.1)4.4-5.1(5.2)x(3.5)3.52-4.1(4.5)um
Q=(1)1.1-1.4;N=30
Me=4.7x3.8um;Qe=1.2
Ellipsoid with large nodules, hyaline.
Print: Light Brown.
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate, gloeoplerous.
Hyphae: Gloeoplerous hyphae found, some hyphae with amyloid granules found.
Clamp connections: Not found.
KOH: Green.
Odor: faintly farinaceous.
Ecology: Growing terrestrial through moss, scattered under spruce.