Found in mixed-species forest in duff and not moss.
Cap and stipe eccentric.
Cap is caramel brown with ruffled margin. The margin at both sides of the stipe curls inward.
Gills are lighter colored than cap, radiating from the stipe.
Stipe is brown with whitish bloom.
The photos show a smaller specimen with the same traits.
I encountered this patch around this time in 2021. I thought they were associating with the large hemlocks around where I found them, which may be, but this year I found two other patches 20' and 50' from this one (next observation) and the common denominator for all three was proximity to pacific yew, and ivy i guess.
the first three pics are of a patch 20' from my first observation (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192123755)
and the final is a singleton that was 30' beyond this one.
About 10' from the originally observed patch. These were under 1' from a different hygrocybe, observed here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192126539
ivy, bigleaf maple, young cedar trees.
Douglas-fir, western redcedar, rhododendron.
Scattered somewhat widely, frbs appearing “independent”.
No smell detected.
Cap and gill tissue a bit tough and elastic.
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Additional notes for sequences (bases on the right):
ITS: Sequenced by the Matheny Lab
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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Jan. 20, 2022.
On Quercus garryana. Cap finely pruinose, though this is not pictured. I would suspect a species which has been sequenced on oaks in California.
on dead branch of Arbutus menziesii. Green in KOH. Raised hairs, near band of blue and then white at the margin.
PCR done by @mgkoons
on Arbutus menziesii. A foul smell "exactly like garbage". The stink to size ratio is off the charts for these tiny fruitbodies.
Small, about 5cm tall mushroom found growing on sloped mossy lawn by sidewalk. One or two dozen individuals seen across the slope with varying spacing. Stem was black with lots of white powdery appearing coating, evenly tapered with what looks like hyphae strands near the base. Costing of stem may be excessive on the one I grabbed as others look darker. Cap is flat, top is very dark brown, nearly black with light striping visible through cap running umbo to margin. Pattern on many individuals is darkest outside the umbo, yet the center point of the cap is slightly lighter. Gills on underside appear lighter colored though tinted by the dark cap and unattached or slightly attached to cap. No universal or partial veil.
Small, nearly 3 inch tall mushroom found on forest floor in thick debris. Stem stands out as being thickly covered in fine white hairs all the way up the length. Cap is flat with slightly wavy margin, gills light tan/beige, not attached. Top of cap is slight warm brown with more beige near margin, radial pattern, slight central depression. No veil remnants present. Stem is very tough and fibrous inside, very hard to break or snap, internal tissue almost woody like lignin.