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Not positive on this ID. Bit early for Pholiota, but this growing on barkless wood in a mixed forest. Didn't get a great pic of the gills because they were small, but they appear close, not crowded and whitish.

Growing in mixed conifer forest under a yew tree. Pileus matte, powdery lipstick-brick red, with raggedy white veil tissue at margin. Lamellae reddish pink, free. Stripe fibrous, reddish with white scales, bruising dark red easily. K+ black, smell indistinct

Gregarious on thick sedge debris over peat in wet meadow, under Carex and Betula glandulosa. Spores small, white, smooth, ellipsoid, inamyloid. Photos taken in dark conditions — see tackle box photo for mostly accurate color

Collected beneath the same tree as my other observation of this same species- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171660035
Seems to be prolific among the magnolia duff but does not appear to be infecting any other duff present.

Growing in wet mixed duff. Some appeared to be emerging from Redwood needles, but difficult to determine. The first image shows some that were emerging from a rotten Rhododendron (?) twig. Other options are California-Bay Laurel (Umbellularia californica) and Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) leaves.

Barrio Río Cañas Abajo. Found in lower/mid elevation moist secondary forest on bank along side of trail under Myconia sp. shrub. Substrate appears to be seeds, but could be sclerotium. Perithecia are cone shaped bumps, some are dull and some come to a point giving the impression of spikes, perhaps depending on the stage of development.

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Image #1: 10x handlens
Image #2: 10x handlens
Image #4: 10x handlens

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Originally posted to Mushroom Observer on Dec. 5, 2018.

Substrate: on well decomposed wood, changing to 5B7 in KOH, odor of ginger

Habitat: dry semideciduous forest [Curupaú (Anadenanthera colubrina) / Motacú (Attalea phalerata) / Bamboo (Chusquea spp.) / Bibosi (Ficus sp.)]

Ecoregion: intersection of Chiquitano Dry Forests (NT0212) and Cerrado Savanna (NT0704)

Collectors: D. Newman, I. Cuba Pinto, E. Melgarejo Estrada, D. Camacho Ramirez & S. Montaño Poquiviqui.

Collection #: DSN12.295 (SS86)

Spore deposit white. Cap 2.3 - 4 cm across, not hygrophanous. Stipe 2.2 - 2.7 cm long x 3 - 6 mm thick, white rhizomorphs dense at the base. Odor slightly grassy. Taste mild, leaving a slight lingering astringent sensation. Gills up to 3.5 mm tall, most 2 - 3 mm. Spores inamyloid, elliptic, smooth, (4.4) 4.43 - 4.9 (5.1) x (2.6) 2.7 - 3 (3.4) µm. Q = 1.55 - 1.7. Although I'm not an expert, I believe the pileus pigment is intracellular. Could also be Clitocybe ramigena due to the shorter stipe and darker gills, but I chose R. pruinosa due to the cap color, odor, and intracellular pileus pigmentation (versus pigment in slightly thickened hyphae walls or very finely encrusted hyphae). These were growing in a Sitka Spruce/Douglas Fir forest.