Soil under mixed conifers and aspen. Collected by Elena Putnam.
Growing on the ground near mixed conifers
Group. With ponderosa
Growing in pairs in deadfall. Mixed conifer and aspen. 9500ft. Very slimy, even the veil was slimy.
Russula spicy taste
Thunder spruce
On well decayed log in area of Ponderosa Pine and Gambel Oak. As compared toG luteofolius this has Yellow gills well into maturity and yellow flesh .
So I will under Ponderosa pine and Gambel oak
Growing from well decayed conifer debris in a boggy area. Specimen saved for Terri.
Fluorescing uneven patches of yellow and green in 365 nm UV light.
Grassy Sandy soil under white pine with Douglas fir nearby. TAC716
Grassy soil under white pine, Douglas fir and Ponderosa pine. Almond odor TAC 714
Grassy Soil under Ponderosa, pine, five needle, pine and Douglas fir TAC713 almond odor
Growing under pine duff with Ponderosa pine. On the edge of young very thick growing pines. Growing in clumps with connected stems and singly, with the singles fully under the pine needles. Young specimens had smooth top, becoming scabrous with age. No bitter taste
Growing at the base of a Douglas fur trunk with Oregon grape
Growing at the base of perennial grasses near spruce/fir in groups. No patched on pileus. Bitter taste.
Spruce nearby. I think L. magnispora
Growing at the base of a dead Douglas first snag mild earthy scent, no distinct taste.
Soil under Douglas fir TAC668
A small statured “augustus group”(Sect. Arvenses) fruiting beneath non-native California redwood at the Budd St. house.
Odor: strong marzipan/almond extract.
Stem: prominent bulb at extreme base.
Veil remnants adhering at cap margin(not around stipe apex).
Harvested specimen and dehydrated/bagged for my herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-