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Growing in coastal dune grasses. Common in a few spots, but not found in most places in the dunes. Grows best in dunes that are not right next to the ocean and have lots of bush lupine and moss.

Spore measurements:

9.7 [10.5 ; 10.8] 11.6 × 5.7 [6.2 ; 6.4] 6.8 µm

Q = 1.5 [1.7] 1.9 ; N = 30 ; C = 95%

Me = 10.7 × 6.3 µm ; Qe = 1.7

11.17 6.12

10.72 6.40

9.56 5.97

10.56 6.12

10.59 5.96

11.08 6.59

9.40 6.00

10.60 6.04

11.21 6.04

10.69 6.19

10.44 5.99

9.70 6.31

10.85 6.40

10.09 6.20

11.15 6.77

10.25 5.92

10.53 6.22

10.34 6.10

10.63 6.58

10.88 6.29

10.74 6.52

10.34 6.34

10.93 6.25

11.53 6.18

11.08 7.16

11.30 6.23

11.02 6.39

10.94 6.46

10.90 5.96

10.63 5.97

Found in community forest, near redwood and spruce. the gills abruptly stop on stem in this patch. The exact location of this patch is on a trail leading down the left side of the dam (if your coming from the main trail) and typically fruits every year. Your totally welcome to pick there as long as you wait for fruiting bodies to mature and upload the findings to Inaturalist. I believe these represent a distinct species within the C. formosus group, identified by stems with small diameters that expand into the cap (more of a umbrella like structure than a trumpet persay), patchy hymenium that ends abruptly on the stem.