Cap 2 - 5 mm across. Stipe 2 - 2.4 cm long x < 1 mm thick. Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia yellow. Average spore size 7.3 x 3.4 µm.
Cap 0.5 - 1 cm across. Stipe 3.8 - 4 cm long x 0.75 - 1 mm thick, bleeding milky latex when broken. Spores (in Lugol's solution) 8.9 - 10.6 x 5.3 - 5.7 µm. Growing in Sitka Spruce/Douglas Fir forest.
Spore deposit white. Odor not distinct. Cap 2.2 cm across. Stipe 7.5 cm long x 2 - 4 mm thick. Cap and stipe bruise immediately bright red. Gills do not discolor when bruised. Cheilocystidia abundant. Spores dextrinoid, (7) 7.3 - 8.1 (8.4) x (4.2) 4.3 - 4.8 (5) µm, Q = 1.6 - 1.79 (1.8), N = 20, Me = 7.8 x 4.6 µm. Growing under Picea sitchensis.
Spore deposit brown. Odor Geranium-like. Cap 2.5 - 5.5 cm across. Stipe 5.3 - 7 cm long x 3.5 - 8 mm thick.
Spore deposit brown. Cap 3.3 cm across, viscid. Stipe 8.5 cm long, apex pruinose, 4.5 mm thick, bulbous base 15 mm thick. Partial veil absent. Gills finely serrate. Odor raphanoid. Growing in mossy area under Sitka spruce. Basidia 25 - 32.5 x 6.3 - 7.5 µm. Pleurocystidia absent. Cheilocystidia 45 - 55 (100) µm long x 5 - 7.5 µm wide at the apex. Spores slightly rough, dextrinoid (see last 2 spore pictures), (8.8) 9.2 - 10.6 (11.1) x (5.6) 6.1 - 7 (7.3) µm, Q = 1.43 - 1.6.
Boyfriend brought them home. Have to go check out the source.
Ramaria concolor form concolor - Photo F-213
Frb. – 12 cm tall by 9 cm wide.
Branches – Dull ochre bruising vinaceous. More or less vertically oriented and tightly packed. Some
white tomentum at base. Very stringy.
Tips – Ochre to mostly vinaceous.
Odor – Strongly funky-musty.
Taste – Astringent.
Spores – Ochre. Ellipsoid, warty. 8-10.2 x 4-5 microns.
Basidia - 4-spored, slenderly clavate, 40-41 x 6-7 microns.
Clamps - Present.
Habitat – Colonies under conifers in moss at Stimpson Reserve on September 9, 2014.