thehyphaemovement's Identifications

In mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest: Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia sempervirens, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, with Vaccinium ovatum and Polystichum munitum dominant understory
Growing from slightly compact soil in the middle of a trail under Sequoia sempervirens, Pseudotsuga menziesii and Notholithocarpus densiflorus
Tan gumdrop shaped pileus, fibrous stipe with a large, bulbous white/cream base. Lamellae beige, serrated, narrowly attached to free
Smell like radish

Taste bitter
No KOH

Salt Point State Park, near Central Trail. Mixed confier/hardwood coastal forest; Sequoia sempervirens & Notholithocarpus densiflorus dominant zone
Growing with Notholithocarpus densiflorus in Notholithocarpus densiflorus and Sequoia sempervirens duff
Bright yellow pileus, sticky, dry, brown scale-like remnants on top. Stipe short, tapered bulbous base, thick rusty brown cortina remnants. Lamellae yellow/brown, slightly serrated, narrowly attached. Flesh white, firm, brown staining in maggot tunnels.
KOH slowly staining deep red on cap and lighter red on internal flesh

Smell indistinct
Taste mild
Bright orange UV rxn on pileus, collar of tapered bulbous base and light orange on lamellae

Salt Point State Park, near Central Trail. Mixed confier/hardwood coastal forest; Sequoia sempervirens & Notholithocarpus densiflorus dominant zone
Growing with Notholithocarpus densiflorus in Notholithocarpus densiflorus duff
Stunningly bright yellow coral, beginning as white towards the base and becoming gradually more yellow near the tips. branches terminating in rapidly diverging, blunt tips (4-10 per "branch")
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
No KOH

fluorescence at the very tips!

Salt Point State Park, near Central Trail. Mixed confier/hardwood coastal forest; Sequoia sempervirens, Abies grandis, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, Pinus muricata, Arbutus menziesii
Growing on fallen Notholithocarpus densiflorus log
White to off white pleurotoid, ruffled margin, white, close to subdistant lamellae, laterally attached stipe, some with a central stipe!
Smell slightly sweet
Taste indistinct
No KOH

In mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest: Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia sempervirens, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, with Vaccinium ovatum and Polystichum munitum dominant understory
Growing under Sequoia sempervirens and Notholithocarpus densiflorus dominant canopy in Sequoia sempervirens duff
Brown slightly concave pileus, striations near margin. stipe thin, fragile, smooth and bluish, covered in white mycelial tissue near base . Lamellae cream colored when young, turning pinkish in age, broadly attached
Smell sweet, faintly fruity, candy-like
Taste mild
No KOH

Found in the Grove of Old Trees: Sequoia sempervirens dominant semi-old growth forest. scattered mixed hardwood/conifer understory
Growing in the shadows of a fallen, burned Sequoia sempervirens log in charcoal-laden bare clay-rich soils

Smooth, dry and rubbery brown pileus with lots of debris firmly stuck, stark white/cream margin. Flocculate stipe becoming more yellow near the annulus which flares outwards with brown fibers of the veil remnants, stipe becomes white above the annulus. Brown, fibrous partial veil. White to grey broadly attached lamellae

Smell indistinct
Taste bitter, very glutinous cap
Orange/brown KOH
Strong green fluorescence on lamellae, stipe and cap margin

In mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest: Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia sempervirens, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, with Vaccinium ovatum and Gaultheria shallon dominant understory
Growing from duff on grassy, mossy mound with young forbs growing on forest edge next to road
Extremely viscid cap and stipe. Stipe yellow orange, slightly ridged. Pileus red in center gradually becoming more translucent and orange, striate. Lamellae off white, broadly attached to subdecurrent
Taste mild
Smell indistinct
No KOH

Salt Point State Park: Pygmy forest
Growing in Cladonia-covered soil under Castanopsis, Pinus muricata, Arctostaphylos
Pileus rusty brown, umbonate with a sulcate, white margin. Stipe fibrous, covered in fine white fibers, lamellae brown, notched
Taste mild
Smell like pool cleaner
Dark brown KOH on cap, brown orange on stipe