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Hymenochaetopsis(Hydnoporia):
Fruiting abundantly on a split/interior section of a fallen Western Hemlock.
Gray to brown tones throughout.
Capped sections with tight concentric banding similar to mature H. tabacina. This collection had an interesting floral odor that stood out as unique.
Harvested multiple sections/specimens and dehydrated for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/526997?q=1p1WK

Fairly shallow in the soil, I did look for Douglas-fir but couldn’t see any in this predominately fir forest. However, it’s quite possible I could have missed one. Good condition for the size and season. Elevation 5000’.

This Sphagnum is what I think is a different species than the other Sphagnum that I observed today in this location. The red tips of this moss are not really accentuated here in my photo, but in the field, they were very bright reddish pink . The rest of the plant is almost clear in comparison. This species seemed to occupy a very small niche, comparatively to the lime green species that was also there. I did observe that while yes all mosses in this location were growing in an ombrotrophic bog, this redder species liked the more waterlogged depressions where the rainwater would collect, while the greener species of Sphagnum seemingly preferred the higher, dryer ground. This moss is very large compared to other bryophytes, and the leaves are very soft.

On cicada larvae, (Neotibicen?)
Forest with young pine (eastern white pine/pitch pine) lots of coarse woody debris, near a historic cellar hole.

Micro by Patrick Verdier
The magnification factors are as follows:

4X-1.5 microns/pixel
10X-0.59 microns/pixel
40X-0.146 microns/pixel
60X-0.097 microns/pixel

DIC and shows the interwoven hyphae of the perithecium next to some asci.

Straight brightfield (no staining) and shows a minute pore at the tip of each ascus.

Sent to K. Bushley, Molecular Biologist/Curator ARSEF in Ithaca, NY