Sequenced.
Sample: S-11-1
Collectors: NW, CS
Microscopy: HS
Notes: Sweet odor. KOH: slow, dark red on cap, dingy olive on stipe. Spores dark, subovoid, minutely roughened.
Origin location unknown.
Photograph and sample taken from the 2024 Fungus Fair in Santa Cruz.
This is the same speciman taken after the 9 day freezing spell.
Second and third photo from 12-2-23.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195232462
Odor not distinct. Cap 4 cm across. Stipe 7.5 cm long x 5 - 6 mm thick. KOH dark red on cap and stipe. UV365 negative on all surfaces. Growing in needle duff in a forest with Western Hemlock, Douglas-fir and Sitka Spruce. Spores rough, average size 8 x 4.5 µm.
Photo #6 (of Field Data Slip) is GPS tagged.
possibly in the new genus Aureonarius
Same as: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193137389
closest blast match 810/820(99%) to Aureonarius limonius (GQ159869) "Cortinarius species diversity in British Columbia " Harrower et al.