Guessing Hygrophoraceae as a starting point
Burn area near snowmelt
Manzanita & pine
Strong cucumber odor
Stipe was not very firm, somewhat squishy
Notched gills
Growing with moss and lichen on a very old cedar stump (logging past in mature 2nd growth forest).
Elevation: 830ft AMSL
Substrate: Decaying wood
Ecosystem: Exposed riparian zone adjacent conifer dominant old growth and open deciduous dominant areas.
Associations: Acer macrophyllum, Quercus garryana, Alnus rubra, Bryophyte spp, Hapatic spp, Cladonia spp
Description: Tan/buff fruit body with broadly convex cap with depression, serrated margin, and decurrent gills emanating from a greenish granular lichenized thallus.
This is my second observation of this fungi this spring in Oregon. I was able to get a spore print off this one and it seems like I’m correct in at least the genus. I wasn’t very sure on my first observation because I was unable to obtain a spore print. Now I feel like this is more of a correct observation, but my research material is very limited on this genus. Found these mushrooms growing on a decaying conifer stump covered in a lichenous substance. It was a lightly rainy day around 3,000 feet elevation. The type of wood, the rate of decay and the lichenous substance coating the wood looks exactly like my previous observation.