In mixed hardwood/conifer coastal forest: Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia sempervirens, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, with Vaccinium ovatum and Gaultheria shallon dominant understory
Growing on burnt stump under Cytisus scoparius with Gaultheria shallon and fern spp. nearby. Near pullout on side of road
Orange brown smooth cap with fibrous shite stipe and fibrous rust brown veil remnant. Lamellae starting yellow/off white and turning rusty brown in age
Smell indistinct
Extremely bitter
Red KOH
Bright yellow fluorescence on all parts, esp. lamellae
FDS-CA-00720
In Pinus radiata and Quercus agrifolia dominated suburban forest
Growing on well decomposed and partially buried Pinus radiata log
Rusty orange, smooth pileus, tan to yellowish broadly attached lamellae, cortina-like partial veil stained by rusty orange spores, fibrous tan to yellowish stipe
Taste very bitter
Smell indistinct
Wine red KOH
On well-decayed soggy alder wood near stream. Mottled hygrophanous orange-yellow cap and green UVF on gills. First time seeing Gymnopilus on alder
substrate = Lyonothamnus floribundus leaf
Burned Quercus/Pinus dominant woodland (now shrubland post-burn), just west of Knoxville road near Lake Berryessa
Growing on burned, dead but standing Pinus sabiniana
Reflexed polypore with white hymenophore and surface speckled in brown. Tissue tough, dense, leathery
Taste extremely bitter/acidic
Smell indistinct
Slightly yellow KOH in white light
Whole sporocarp fluorescing blue/yellow/pinkish. KOH turning bright yellow
Staining = blue, ~ 10 min reaction
taste = alkaloid bitter
smell = sour
texture = like foam, able to easily peal off wood
host = Pinus sabiana
UVF 365 nm = orange
KOH = red to black over time
Initially thought it was a small colorful Bolbitius but microscopy was consistent with M. acicula
neutral to mushroom-y odor but not necessarily peasant. But my friend thought it might smell a touch of anise.