Context 1 - 2 mm thick. Spores (4.7) 5.2 - 7 (7.6) x (1.7) 1.8 - 2.1 (2.4) µm, Q= (2) 2.7 - 3.7 (3.9), Me = 6.2 x 1.9 µm, N = 45.
Spore deposit white. No distinct odor. Growing on Sitka Spruce needles. Cap 5 - 16 mm across. Stipe 2.5 - 6 cm long x 0.5 - 1 mm wide, slippery. Basidia 25 - 29 x 5.5 - 7.3 µm. No pleurocystidia observed. Cheilocystidia abundant, with short projections, size excluding the projections 29 - 39 x 7.5 - 12.5 µm. Spores (6.4) 7.2 - 8.4 (9.4) x (3.4) 3.41 - 4 (4.3) µm, Q = (1.8) 1.9 - 2.3 (2.5), N = 30, Me = 7.8 x 3.8, Q e = 2.1.
Substrate: well myceliated herbacious twigs suspended 1.5m above ground from standing branch
Habitat: Northwest Andean montane forest (NT0145)
Collector(s): D. Newman & S. Boden
Collection #: RLC1458
Photomicrography and molecular data forthcoming
Willamette National Forest, Middle Fork Ranger District
T23S 3E sec 21; 43.56832 -122.46199
Douglas fir old growth forest
Cap light tan with rusty brown fibers, gills light yellow/tan, stem apex yellow fading to orange rusty brown, fibrillose
ID confirmed by Dr. Steven Trudell 7/28/2019