Observaciones de hendre17

Fruiting in soil/duff/needle litter/debris beneath Western red cedar and Douglas fir.
Unusually large/meaty fruiting bodies.
Stems/lower portion dark coco brown contrasting the all black caps.
Harvested 4 specimens.
Analayzed exterior with my Apexel macro lens attachment. NO SETAE=Geoglossum. Also not viscid.
Removed a portion of exterior tissue from multiple fertile cap points and crush mounted in Lugol’s solution and drop of 3% KOH.
MICROSCOPY:
Spores: 7 septate(with 8 sections). All analyzed are 7 septate and slightly curved.
Asci: 8 spored.
Paraphyses: long, thicker than any Geoglossaceae I’ve analyzed. Swollen/curved/curled tips. Extending longer than Asci.
All features match for Geoglossum umbratile.
Dehydrating specimens for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/547895?q=1oaSB

Fruiting abundantly on two Douglas fir cones. Partially buried cone had fruiting bodies with longer stipes attached through covering needle duff.
Harvested an entire cone and part of the 2nd buried cone(left remainder to continue spreading spores on forest floor).
Removed a portion of cup and crush mounted in 3% KOH.
MICROSCOPY:
Spores: elliptical, smooth, very small.
Asci: 8 spored.
Paraphyses: very slender, whip like, filiform, aseptate(lacking septa). Slightly swollen tips.
Dehydrating collection attached to host/substrate for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/547894?q=1oaSB

Fruiting abundantly on partially buried branches and mossy soil.
Pruinose/frosted stems, darkening base where handled.
Harvested 7 specimens.
Removed a single gill from mature fruiting body and mounted in 3% KOH.
MICROSCOPY:
Cheilocystidia: abundant! Long, slender with rounded ball shaped apices.
Basidia: 4 sterigmate.
Spores: ovoid, roughened, medium sized.
Dehydrating all specimens for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/547893?q=1ptcI

Fruiting in grass beneath introduced shore pine and Douglas fir.
Volva: collar like, subtle margin in this collection.
Harvested 2 specimens.
Removed gill tissue and mounted on glass slide in 3% KOH.
MICROSCOPY:
Spores: Ellipsoid to slightly pip shaped, medium sized, smooth.
Dehydrating both specimens for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/547877

Young fruiting bodies beneath Douglas fir.
Fruiting bodies orange brown throughout.
Cap: densely matted/fibrillose.
Gills: vibrant orange(unique for Inocybe).
Stem: scaly and tinged pinkish where handled. Pruinose at apex. Stem base is white, not bulbous.
Stem context: vibrant carrot orange.
Odor: fishy metallic with slightly spermatic back note.
Harvested 5 specimens.
Removed gill tissue from a single specimen and mounted on slide in 3% KOH.
Spore printed cap directly on a separate slide for spore print.
MICROSCOPY: from gill mount.
Cheilocystidia: Metuloid, club shaped. Encrusted with granules at apex(golden yellow encrustations in KOH).
Spores: narrowly elliptic to ovoid, smooth, thick walled, Medium in size.
Basidia: only 4 sterigmate analyzed.
Spore print(slide#2): dull brown/grayish brown.
Dehydrated all specimens thoroughly and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
Gills and stem context drying vibrant orange after full dehydration.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/547680