kaedenmacd's Identifications

Spores:
(6.2)6.4-7.7(8)x(4.4)4.7-5.7(5.9)um
Q=(1.2)1.3-1.4(1.5);N=30
Me=7.1x5.2um;Qe=1.4
Broadly ellipsoid, thick walled, smooth, hyaline.
Print: Pink-brown (Salmon)
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate.
Pleurocysidia: Fusiform/utriform, 5 apical prongs, thick walled, clamped, abundant.
Cheilocystidia: spheropedunculate, clamped, abundant forming a sterile edge.
Pileipellis: A cutis of brown smooth hyphae.
Clamp connections: Found in all tissues aside from basida ( it was hard to demonstrate, they may be there too)
Ecology: Growing off a Spruce stump.

Spores: Measured without ornamentation (spines= ~.75um)
(6.1)6.5-7.7(7.9)x(5.5)5.8-6.2(6.4)um
Q=1(1.1)-1.28(1.3);N=30
Me=7.2x6um;Qe=1.2
Sub-globose/broadly ellipsoid, coarsely spiny with high and low ridges connecting most warts creating a partial reticulation. Amyloid reaction with some spores taking an almost greenish hue.
Print: yellow-ochre
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate, mature basida projecting well past basidioles.
Pleurocysidia: Not found.
Cheilocystidia: Narrowly fusiform, scattered.
Pileipellis: A gelatinized cutis.
Hyphae: Gloeoplerous hyphae found in gills and cap.
Clamp connections: Not found.
Flesh: Stains green only after a long period of time.
Milk: very scant, not leaking from broken gills, orange.
Odor and taste: Mild.
Ecology: Growing terrestrial under spruce. Poplar nearby.

NOTES: Initial photos are when the specimen is younger, last two photos were taken when I re-visited a few days later
Cap: honey or light ochre. Pale brown turning to ochre near umbo, with scale pattern emerging.
Gills: pale cream. Unattached. Short gills present
Stem: thick, white, bulbous base
Skirt: none visible
Flesh: white
Habitat: growing in a cluster from wood stump