ID tentative. Small Cortinarius growing by a creek (in moss)
Cedrus wetland with Tsuga and Picea.
COLLECTION # 73471
DATE: 18 OCT 2023
LOCATION: Paradise Road, Mt Rainier National Park, Pierce County, WA, USA
LAT = 46.7345893997
LON = -121.8311539997
SUBSTRATE: Dense Humus Soil, Needle Duff, Moss
FLORA:
Conifer: Douglas Fir, White Fir, Western Hemlock & Western Red Cedar
Deciduous: Wild Blueberry, Red Huckleberry, Vine Maple
Evergreen: Sword Fern, Deer Fern, Rattlesnake Tongue Plantain
AMBIENT TEMP: 65 Degrees F
SOIL TEMP: 52 Degrees F
ECOSYSTEM: Old-Growth Conifer, Mixed Forest, Nisqually River within 100 meters
ELEVATION: 2612 Ft/ 796 Meters
Mixed woods of Abies balsamea, Betula papyrifera, Pinus strobus, Thuja occidentalis, and Acer rubrum. Spore print tan-brown. Odour indistinct, perhaps most similar to raw potato.
Olive tone underside which doesn't come across well in photos.
Sequenced.
Sample: S-11-1
Collectors: NW, CS
Microscopy: HS
Notes: Sweet odor. KOH: slow, dark red on cap, dingy olive on stipe. Spores dark, subovoid, minutely roughened.
Origin location unknown.
Photograph and sample taken from the 2024 Fungus Fair in Santa Cruz.