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Found near roots that were growing from a nurse log, which was likely spruce.

It appears to have hooked parathesis, septate spores, and the asci are amyloid in melzers reagent.

Not sure what this is, collected and attempts at cultures are underway. So far fungi of temperate Europe vol. 2 is turning up nothing.

cf… the host is different. Possible novel species?

Host is definitely a wasp or Yellowjacket. I found a myceliated wasp head and wings. Host was buried deep into hardwood substrate.

Microscopy seemingly matches

Growing along roadcut in redwood forest. Pileus brown, minutely granular-scaly. Lamellae thick, widely spaced; yellow to white, widely attached to decurrent. Stipe bright yellow, brittle, dry, ornamented with white granular chevrons at the apex and bright white farina at base.

Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing in soil and directly off fine roots in a hole leftover from a burned out root system
Brown pileus with a wavy margin. Lamellae white to cream colored, anastomosing, subdistant to distant, broadly attached to subdecurrent. Stipe short, fibrous, off-center
Smell indistinct

Growing in the decomposing material underneath patches of reeds next to the lake shore. No blueing noted. Smell fungoid, taste fungoid with very slight bitterness. No reaction to KOH on pileus or stipe. No UV fluorescence noted at unknown wavelength of UV flashlight. Micrographs are at 1000x using congo red washed with KOH of the gill edge with cheilocystidia, and the non-stained gill edge using KOH. Hygrophanous cap, Spore print something like chocolate lavender.

NOTE: The first photo does not accurately show the color of the pileus, please see other photos.

Size: pileus 1.5mm-2mm. stipes 5mm-8mm. Odor: None. Taste: N/A. KOH: pale yellow brown. UV: base moderately bright whitish.

Notes: Possibly a Cuphophyllus sp. Very small, abundant fruiting in small muddy cove along disturbed trail edge.

In rock crevice, growing on bare ultramafic soil, each mushroom actually attached to a small piece of rock embedded in the red clay. Pileus bright white, minutely fuzzy/scurfy, ruffled at the edge in maturity. Lamellae white, wavy, decurrent. Stipe white with slight basal tomentum.

hosts encased in white, cottony sheaths of either fungal or insect (cocoon) origin. likely sp. nov. compare with Observation 231368

Host: scarabaeid beetle larvae (IDed by Dr. Nigel Hywel-Jones)

Habitat: riparian “Tucumano-Boliviano” alder forest (Alnus acuminatus)

Ecoregion: Bolivian Yungas (NT0105)

Collectors: D. Newman, P. Kaishian, D. Ettlinger, I. Cuba Pinto, T. Padilla Albis, A.I. Echeverría Rojas, M.Á. Centellas Levy, N. Gonzales San Miguel, P.A. Angulo Salazar, S. Ochoa Bustillos & A. Sandoval

Collection #: SEHU021

Collected during the 2nd Expedición Micológica de la Sociedad Micológica de Bolivia, with support from Eduardo Morales and the Herbario Criptogámico of Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo (UCBSP).

As a waxcap enthusiast, these were one of the most interesting collections I've ever made. Growing in white sand between forest edge and road. Poorly formed gills, mostly ridges and smooth hymenium on young specimens. Flat pileus. Large fruiting, (especially since most Hygrocybe spp. encounters involved only a single fruit) over 20 mushrooms, very small stature. Location approximate.

Second and third photo show specimen that was found in situ. I brought the specimens home and put them in a small container with a damp paper towel and a week later they formed fruit bodies as shown the rest of the photos

On a downed White Oak (Quercus garryana) at Denman Wildlife Area.
2nd photo shows UV reaction.
Same log as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146928673 & https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147080796.

Fischerula subcaulis

Mild, unremarkable truffle-y aroma. Multiple specimens found in one general area by truffle dog Rye. Primarily Douglas-fir. Truffles very firm, some with obvious recessed stipe-columella and others more subtle.