Shrubland/mixed hardwood conifer forest. Convict lake, 7,850 ft. Inyo National Forest
Growing underneath a wet plank of well decomposed wood in a zone saturated from snow melt creeks with Betula occidentalis, Populus tremuloides and Populus trichocarpa on the Southwest side of lake
Pileus white to grey, smooth with a "frosty" appearance, inrolled margin. Lamellae white, crowded to close, broadly attached. Stipe short, equal, finely flocculate with white mycelial projections at the base
Smell farinaceous
Taste mind
KOH indistinct
Whole sporocarp fluoresces bright blue
Abies and Pinus contorta dominant forest with interspersed moist meadows, south of Saddlebag Lake, around 9,000 ft. Inyo National Forest
Growing from soil in an open wet meadow
Pileus brown, fibrous. Lamellae light brown, close, narrowly attached. A fine, hairy cotrina-like partial veil present on younger specimens. Stipe equal, fibrous, white to brown.
Taste and smell indistinct
Mixed hardwood/conifer forest southwest of June Lake. Fern Lake Trail, approx. 8,600 ft. Inyo National Forest
Growing from soil in a moist seepage zone under Pinus contorta
Pileus smooth, mustard yellow mottled with brown spots. Lamellae yellow, close to subdistant, broadly attached. Stipe yellow with a faint rusty-colored cortina. Cortina bright yellow and intact in younger specimen
Wine red KOH
Smells slightly like radish
Found in large sphagnum bog surrounded by conifer forest, Grass Lake, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Growing in moist Sphagnum moss near the edge of the bog and conifer forest
Grey to brownish, jelly-like lobed pileus with vein-like lamellae. Slightly translucent, darkening around the margin in age or desiccation
Smell and taste mild
Mixed hardwood/conifer forest around Fern Lake, approx. 8,900 ft. Inyo National Forest
Growing on mixed substrates (dead Carex blades, moss, forbes, soil) in a wet meadow around Fern Lake
Tiny white mushrooms with a bell-shaped pileus with some yellow tones. Lamellae distant to subdistant, white, decurrent. Stipe thin, equal, white, fragile
Smell indistinct
Found in subalpine, snowmelt-fed vernal meadow on the edge of a burned forest off of Alder Springs Road, Mendocino National Forest
Growing on sodden, decomposing Achillea millefolium stems
Tiny, black, hard football shaped to circular masses
Pinus contorta dominant forest, approx. 8,000ft. Badger Flat Campground, Sierra National Forest
Growing in soil under the duff of Pinus contorta, making shrumps
Pileus white to light yellow, covered in appressed warts, more concentrated near the center of pileus, margin sulcate. Lamellae white, crowded, narrowly attached. Stipe white, tearing, flocculate, bulbous with volva tissue adhered at base
Smell indistinct
Taste sweet and nutty
KOH yellow
Whole sporocarp fluoresces bright white/yellow
Found near large sphagnum bog surrounded by conifer forest, Grass Lake, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Growing in moist soil in Carex on the bank of Grass Lake Creek under large Pinus contorta
Pileus dome shaped when young becoming flat in age, smooth to slightly fibrillose, light brown. Hymenphore spongy, pale yellow turning darker in age, pores angular, irregular. Partial veil gelatinous, light brown. Stipe white, mostly equal with a gelatinous annulus (in moist specimens)
Smell slightly sweet and of eraser
Taste a little lemony, gelatinous
Pores fluoresce yellow/green, strange bright orange splotches on stipe
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 deep in compact, dry soils at the base of a large Pinus contorta
Large, very dense and meaty mushrooms with a cream to beige dome-shaped pileus, inrolled margin and covered in appressed scales. Stipe white, solid throughout, swollen in center becoming slightly tapered at base. lamellae crowded to close, cream to yellowish, broadly attached, serrated
Smell and taste indistinct
Internal tissue fluoresces bright blue, margin and lamellae bright yellow. Crazy green fluorescence where maggots have burrowed
Found in riparian zone in a mixed hardwood/conifer forest just south of the North Fork of the Yuba River Sierra Nevada Field Campus, Tahoe National Forest
Growing in moist, organic matter-rich soils amongst Pyrola asarifoliaorganic under Alnus and Salix, just downhill of the platform tents
Smooth, bell-shaped to conical yellowish/golden/beige pileus, hygrophanous. Lamellae close, light brown when young becoming amber brown in age, narrowly attached to free. Stipe light brown becoming white at base, equal to slightly bulbous at base, thin, fragile, easily bruising dark brown
Taste and smell mild
KOH orange to brownish