The fungus was growing in a small clearing off the side of the trail, on the groung. It was probably mycorrhizal with the Douglas fir that was growing around it.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Secondary color top surface: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 6 pink or salmon
Spore length: 8.59
Spore width: 6.575
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
Cap shape from above: 2 irregular
Cap color with age: 11 dark brown
Cap width: 6
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 2 clavate
Stipe core: 2 hollow
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe primary color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Stipe secondary color: 5 orange
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 1.5
Stipe length: 70
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills break from cap: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Ring number: 3 none
Volva type: 6 none
Latex color: 1 white
Latex stain color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Reaction Melzer's color: 13 blue
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough