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seemingly a necrophilous bryophitic parasite on a moss commonly found on Acer macrophyllum, many fruit bodies were only growing from moss material while some were closer to the bark among necrotic bryophite tissue and a past mature fruitbody. Found on a downed big leaf maple branch, from visual gestalt features I'm familiar with in this context potentially Steccherinum or less likely young Gloiodon.

On soil on a steep slope above a creek, redwood/alder/spruce mix. Mostly small spruce right here. Bleh, sorry about the dirty microscope -- mounted in KOH, inflated/rounded ends of cells in pileipellis.

Need a little help distinguishing between M. sanguinolenta and M. californiensis.
Marginate gills, growing on the buriedroots of Madrone, but also just on the woody mucky soil near it.
Stipe minutely reddening when broken, becoming more red with time.

VOUCHER # 73226

DATE: 28 DEC 2020

STATE: WA

COUNTY: THURSTON

FORAY ID: South Sound Fungal Diversity Survey

SITE NAME: Burfoot Park

iNat #: 67536813

NEARBY FLORA:

Conifer: Cedar.
Deciduous: Big-leaf Maple, Vine Maple, Alder.
Evergreen: Madrona, Sword Fern, Oregon Grape.

SUBSTRATE: Leaf Litter, Dense Humus Soil, Needle Duff, Moss.

HABIT: Few (2, Paired).

LIGHT EXPOSURE: Shade (70 %), Partial Shade.

MOISTURE: Wet, .4 inches in preceding week.

AMBIENT TEMP: 43 Degrees F

SOIL TEMP: 42 Degrees F

ECOSYSTEM: Forest, Wetlands

ELEVATION: 175 Ft/53 Meters

LAY OF THE LAND: 5-10 degree Slope, Irregular

ODOR: Indistinct.

TASTE: Ostensibly Bitter.

REFERENCES:

Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast (Siegel & Schwarz), pg 377;
Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest (Trudell & Ammirati), pg 103;
Mushroom Matchmaker App (I. Gibson, M. Beug, D. Parker, D. Miller, N. Siegel, B. Kendrick)
Pictorial Key to Mushrooms of the Pacific NW (Danny Miller)
Mushroom Expert (Michael Kuo)