Spore deposit light brown. No distinct odor. Cap 6.5 cm across. Stipe 4 cm long x 2 - 2.5 cm wide. Spores smooth, (4.9) 5.1 - 5.8 (6.1) x (3.6) 3.7 - 4 (4.1) µm, Q = (1.2) 1.3 - 1.5 (1.6), N = 30, Me = 5.4 x 3.9 µm, Qe = 1.4. Growing on root of Sitka Spruce.
A gorgeous fungus, very yellow specimens here, staining visible.
Horse Creek Trail, Willamette National Forest, Oregon, USA
Horse Creek Trail, Three Sisters Wilderness, Willamette National Forest, Oregon, USA
Found just outside a patch of melting snow at 2900 ft elevation. In a mixed Hemlock forest. I found 4 specimens in different ages in the gravel roadside, in soil within about a foot of each other.
40mm wide cup fungi
5 mm thick flesh/creamy white
hymenium: medium relish brown tones
Abhymenium: creamy white/translucent
rudimentary stipe
Was brittle and fragile.
Did not bruise or stain.
Did not taste due to the potential poisonous nature of Gyromitra.
Smell: indistinct
Microscopy:
I think these specimens were still very young. I was not able to see any asci with spores inside. I do think I saw asci, but they just had granules of matter in them. I did find some immature spores, but they had not fully developed (see photos).
I measured the immature spores at 10x23um, they were smooth, and appears to be developing 2 guttules.