With beech, not with animal remains. Drying out due to dry weather and wind. Purple gills and granulose cap surface
Under beech. Apologies for out of focus, turns out when I'm cold with cold hands, and wanting to get back to the car my attention to getting things in focus isn't great.
This was fruiting somewhat close (10's of meters) to an observation keyed out to C icterinoides. I think this is different, as it lacks the darker tones. The fruit bodies were old so unable to determine the color of the gills when young.
Fruiting under beech. Gills when young light yellow.
Looks identical to C icterinoides in Kerr's field guide. Keying out using soop end up at C chrysma or C icterinoides. So happy to go with C icterinoides.
Growing in frond litter of Dicksonia squarrosa (wheki) dominant bush
Growing in soil among rhizomes of Pteris macilenta (sweet fern) in vicinity of Kunzea robusta (kanuka) dominant forest