More of these mushrooms growing nearby in the Oak tree leaf litter in area East of New York Creek Trail.
On rotting tree next to backyard fence in open area East of New York Creek Trail.
Irregularly shaped cups with curled, white-rimmed margin, sparse subiculum composed of hyaline hairs, on wet coast live oak wood buried in leaf litter
Fruiting in urban wood chips in flower bed along the pathway.
Fruiting beneath a stand of Douglas fir.
Cap: “ironed on” vellum material adhering to cap cuticle.
Cap: peachy tones/orange/yellowish.
Stem: short, squat.
Harvested 1/2 cap.
Removed a single gill and mounted in 3% KOH.
MICROSCOPY:
Spores: ellipsoid, with slightly curved tips, medium sized.
Dehydrating specimen for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-
Arbutus menziesii