Chamise and Arctostaphylos serpentine chaparral
Found on the corn ear brought home from Sprouts market, today. First time seeing it!
Dark brown to purple cap,
Creamy gills,
White stipe,
Very spicy,
Yellow UV,
Indistinct odor,
Growing trailside,
Near sitka spruce/redwood
Taste very almondy - started off pleasant, became very overpowering and bitter. Nice yellow cap (very young). Gills hadn’t been exposed yet. I found no others growing nearby.
San Luis Obispo, California
Oak pastureland on side of rural private ranch driveway. Indistinct smell, 2-8cm caps in this photo. Growing in small clusters. Please confirm ID since im inexperienced.
Old! Any guesses based on locale? Was growing from landscaping woodchips with shrubs and an unknown decorative tree nearby