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Cap stains to a slightly lighter color with KOH

Growing well decayed elm log in oak woodland draw. Annulus intact. Taste and smell nondistinctive.Younger caps have wrinkled pattern (almost similar to Rhodotus palmatus). Spore print brown.

Brittle texture

It bled red when cutting. Looked like raw meat when sliced. Smelled and looked like beef when frying in butter. Had a sour but pleasant taste. Found in the hollow of an oak tree

Growing from soil in the banks above trail. Top of caps shiny/iridescent. Flesh leathery and tough. Underside with irregular shaped pores and centrally located stem. KOH black on surfaces.

It grew to about a foot in diameter. Notably, the gills don't extend into the stem, but they could be veiled. I didn't disect it ... or eat it for that matter.

Found in Long Pine Creek