Phaeocollybia fallax Smith Cap 1-5cm across, conical expanding to flat with a distinct pointed umbo, margin inrolled when young,
becoming faintly striate when older; olive or olive-buff fading to light yellow-green; smooth, slimy when wet, hygrophanous. Gills free or slightly adnexed, close, narrow; violet to violet-gray becoming rust-brown. Stem 70-120 x 3-l0mm, hollow, tapering to a long root-like base; faint bluish gray at the top, brownish below from minute, fine hairs; smooth, cartilaginous. Flesh firm, brittle, thick at the disc, thin at the margin; olive-green fading to olive-buff. Odor radishy. Taste mild. Spores ovoid with a pore-like beak at the tip, warty, 8-9 x 5-6µ. Deposit dark rust. Habitat scattered in large groups under Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, or redwood. Found in the Pacific Northwest and California. Season September-November. Not edible. Comment Finding this fungus in Washington was one of the highlights of my years of American collecting.