Phaeocollybia attenuata or possibly an unnamed variant (Loreli Norvell has done her doctorate work on this genus and has emailed me this correction) Cap 1.5-3.5cm across, obtusely cone-shaped expanding to convex and then becoming flatter with a slight umbo; amber yellow to cinnamon or rusty red; smooth, moist, naked. Gills nearly free, crowded, moderately broad; dark, dull ochraceous tawny in maturity. Stem 60-100 x 1-3mm, tapering downward into a long root-like base; pale yellow-brown at the top, becoming very dark and almost black at the base; smooth, polished. Flesh thin, firm; yellowy buff. Odor strong, sweet to nauseating. Taste bitter. Spores ellipsoid to pip-shaped, warty, 7.5-8.7 x 5.4-6.2µ. Deposit rusty brown. Habitat in groups in virgin forest. Rare. Found in the Pacific Northwest. Season September-October. Not edible. Comment My spores are a little smaller than those described by Alexander H. Smith. |