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FDS-CA-00728
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated suburban forest
Growing in the crevices of well decomposed (and possibly termite eaten?) Pinus radiata log
Tiny white cups with fine hairs on outer excipulum

High elevation meadow bordered by Pinus contorta, approx. 9,100ft. Kaiser Pass, Sierra National Forest
Growing from dense patch of moist moss under Pinus contorta
Pileus light brown, finely tomentose with some orange mottling. Lamellae white, squigly broadly attached to subdecurrent. Stipe equal, thick, beige, striate
Smell like watermelon
Blue fluorescence on lamellae

Pinus contorta dominant forest, approx. 8,000ft. Badger Flat Campground, Sierra National Forest
Growing in a bed of Polytrichum under Pinus contorta with Fragaria vesca
Pileus brown to copper, slightly umbonate, fibrous, inrolled margin in younger specimens. Lamellae rusty brown/orange, broadly attached with a sub-decurrent behavior. Stipe thin, equal, fibrous, silvery white to almost lilac in color, faint rusty cortina intact in some specimens
Taste very bitter
Smell indistinct
Reddish/brown KOH

Shrubland/mixed hardwood conifer forest, Convict lake, 7,850 ft. Inyo National Forest
Growing from moss in a seepage on side of Convict Lake Trail
Small, rather nondescript sporocarps. Pileus umbonate, brown to grayish. Lamellae subdistant, free to narrowly attached, brownish to orange. Stipe white, finely flocculate, fragile
Smell indistinct

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center- on the pond dock in full sunlight
Growing on mixed litter, Medicago seeds, etc. in little moist microcosms of soil and grasses in between the wood planks on the OAEC pond dock
Pinkish tan goblet-shaped Ascomycete with a long stipe that fades to brown near stipe base and a dark margin

Arrhenia cf. lobata

Vouchered collection made of fresh sporocarps from same log on 4/21/2023.

Pileus: mostly 1-1.5 cm wide, extending up to 1 cm from substrate, brown, hygrophanous, dimidiate, smooth, margin incurved, weak attachment of white mycelium
Lamellae: light grayish brown, veined, anastomosing
Odor: insignificant
Taste: not sampled
Habit: scattered to gregarious
Substrate: moss on a Populus trichocarpa log
Habitat: riparian hardwood forest dominated by Populus trichocarpa and Fraxinus latifolia
Elevation: 12 m

I believe this is on Malus but may be Cydonia. Maybe Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae if on Malus sp. Here is a related observation of the same fungus and host from last year:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163069313

Same site as last year's collection of this novel Hygrocybe. Growth from underneath Thuja plicata roots. All fruits less than 1 cm, entirely greasy to viscid. Mostly bright red with orange margin. Pressed tightly against soil and roots, densely clustered, springtails abundant on gills even when just opened.

Same as:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64916933