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Ramaria concolor forma concolor:
Fruiting on heavily myceliated rotted Western hemlock wood(partially buried log).
Completely white/cream colored throughout.
Odor: not distinct.
Taste: not distinct.
Harvested two large fruits and dehydrated/bagged for my home fungal herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/561637?q=1oaSB

Fruiting in needle litter/moss beneath Douglas fir and Western hemlock.
Tips: not green.
Harvested 3 fruiting bodies and dehydrated for my fungal herbarium collection/genetic record.
My corresponding Mushroomobserver observation below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/561625?q=1oaSB

Spore deposit scant, light brown. No distinct odor. Cap 2.7 - 4 cm across. Stipe 2.5 - 4 cm long x 7 - 17 mm wide. Growing along paved path. Pholiota terrestris nearby. Spores (5.6) 5.7 - 6.5 (6.9) x (3.3) 3.7 - 4.2 (4.3) µm, Q = (1.4) 1.5 - 1.7 (1.8), N = 20, Me = 6.2 x 3.9 µm, Qe =1.6.

Spore deposit brown. Odor almond-like. Cap 1.7 - 3.6 cm across. Stipe 2 - 2.4 cm long x 4.5 - 13 mm wide. Bruises orange. Has rhizomorphs. Growing on Sitka Spruce cone or conifer debris in soil. Spores (4.5) 4.6 - 5.3 (5.5) x (3.2) 3.4 - 3.77 (3.8) µm, Q = (1.3) 1.35 - 1.49 (1.5), N = 20, Me = 5 x 3.5 µm, Qe = 1.4.

Open to other suggestions.

Found in a mixed hardwood riparian forest with some conifers, just off Fishermans Lake Trail, Convict Lake. 7,850 ft. Inyo National Forest
Growing from wet, mixed substrates under a log with Betula occidentalis, Populus tremuloides and Populus trichocarpa nearby in a moist area on the Southwest side of lake
White to cream colored Discomycete, symmetrical when young becoming lobed in age, smooth hymenophore, brown hairs on margin
Fluoresce incredible bright white

Spore deposit creamy orange. Taste mild. Odor fishy. Cap 10 cm across, cuticle peels to 45% of cap radius. Gills cream, crowded, limited forking. Stipe 5.5 cm long x 3 cm wide, bruises pale yellow-brown. Spores with mostly solitary, sparsely connected warts up to 0.9 µm high, (7.7) 8.4 - 9.3 (10.4) x (7) 7.2 - 8 (8.1) µm, Q = 1.1 - 1.2 (1.3), N = 35, Me = 8.9 x 7.5 µm, Qe = 1.2. Growing under conifers.

Cap 1 - 2 cm side to side. Spores (2.9) 3 - 3.2 (3.3) x (2.1) 2.3 - 2.46 (2.5) µm, Q = 1.3 (1.4), N = 12, Me = 3.1 x 2.3 µm, Qe = 1.3. Growing on a conifer log in a forest of Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla and Picea sitchensis. Per Mycoquébec.org, T. galactinus has been found growing on Pseudotsuga.

Found in large sphagnum bog surrounded by conifer forest, Grass Lake, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Wet piece of well decomposed and partially buried (conifer?) wood amongst tall grasses
Small, translucent, pink, astipitate cups

Spore deposit cinnamon brown. No distinct odor. Cap 1.5 - 4.8 cm side to side, hygrophanous. Stipe absent or up to 2 mm long. Growing on a well decayed conifer log under Sitka Spruce and Western Hemlock. Pilocystidia present. Clamp connections in the gill trama. No pleurocystidia observed. See photo of cheilocystidia. Spores globose, (4.5) 4.6 - 5.4 (5.8) x (4.4) 4.5 - 5.1 (5.6) µm, Q = 1 (1.1), N = 25, Me = 5 x 4.9 µm, Qe = 1.

Spore deposit whitish. No latex observed. Taste mild. No distinct odor. Cap glutinous, 3.5 cm across. Stipe 2.5 cm long x 0.5 - 1 cm wide. Spores with warts forming a partial reticulum up to 0.6 µm high, (6.4) 6.6 - 7.49 (7.5) x (5.5) 5.7 - 6.4 (6.6) µm, Q = (1) 1.1 - 1.28 (1.3), N = 25, Me = 7.1 x 6.1 µm, Qe = 1.2. Growing under Sitka Spruce, Western Hemlock, and Western Redcedar.

Spore deposit white. Odor slightly fungal-sweet. Rubbery texture. Growing on dead Shore Pine. About 5 pores/mm. Cap 5.3 cm side to side, 4 cm front to back. Spores (3.3) 3.4 - 4.6 (4.7) x (1.5) 1.6 - 1.9 (2) µm, Q = (1.7) 1.9 - 2.7 (2.9), N = 20, Me = 4 x 1.7 µm, Qe = 2.3.
Dries bone hard.