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Around Acer stump. Caps are 3.5-7cm in diameter, yellow, velvety.
The spore print is salmon.
Basidiospores are subglobose, measured
(5.3) 5.7 - 6.5 (6.8) × (4.9) 5 - 5.9 (6.3) µm
Q = 1 - 1.2 (1.3) ; N = 21
Me = 6.1 × 5.4 µm ; Qe = 1.1

On the ground in a broadleaf forest in a dog park.
Apothecium is 3.4mm in diameter, yellow-green with short stipe.
Asci 8-spored, IKI+ weak.
Ascospores fusiform, purple with longitude ridges, measured
(29.4) 29.5 - 32.56 (32.6) × (12) 12.2 - 13.6 µm
Q = (2.2) 2.3 - 2.6 (2.7) ; N = 11
Me = 30.9 × 12.8 µm ; Qe = 2.4
Paraphyses irregular shape at the apex.

Sitting on the surface with squirrel tooth marks on it under Eastern White Pine and Nordmann fir. Smells mushroomy, but also a bit like drying latex paint. Taste mild, pleasant but not a lot of flavor. @tombigelow suggested Melanogaster tuberiformis before I even got it home. Spores brown, 13-18.8 x 8.2-11.4µm

Near snowmelt under Abies, growing from a rotten log. No odor, taste farinaceous and slightly bitter.

Spores measure (8.7) 9.2 - 11 (11.4) × (6.6) 6.8 - 8.1 (8.5) µm
Q = (1.2) 1.3 - 1.4 (1.5) ; N = 20
Me = 10.1 × 7.5 µm ; Qe = 1.3

Spores measured in face view, including hilar appendage.