Observation is for the pale lavender organisms; growing at the base of an oak tree with bay trees nearby
On Umbellularia californica log
On very rotten stump, mixed pine & poplar forest.
On Toxicodendron diversilobum stems
Cap slimy, taste mild. Cap gray with orange margin. Stem orangeish reddish with yellow and gray at the apex. Gills hygrophoraceae-like, thick, and grayish. On the ground in moss under white pine. Cystidia walls thin.
Under oaks. No distinct odor
On decaying California Bay Laurel
In duff under oaks. No distinct odor.
Growing out of mossy, wet rock outcrop
On living California Bay Laurel
In damp, decaying leaves under Valley oak and California Bay Laurel