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Young fruiting body on the cut end of a fallen Sitka spruce. Spruce/Hemlock dominant canopy.
Cap and upper stem covered in creamy droplets/guttation. Outer flesh indented/pimpled at each guttation site throughout.
Cap Staining pinkish were handled.
Pores are circular to angular.
Harvested specimen and dehydrated/bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation below-

https://mushroomobserver.org/525242?q=1oxJp

Mostly P. contorta and some Sitka spruce in the area. At the edge of the forest where it meets the dune grasses. Stipe base was attached to grass (see pics).

Cap extremely viscid, but seemingly not as conical shaped as S. pseudocyanea description. Stipe also quite viscid. Gills start out pallid/blue, becoming whitish beige. I’m assuming the gills will darken but the specimens were young. Odor is not very peppery, more farinaceous or grassy, similar to Psilocybe sp.

Edit: smell developed into a strong ‘green corn’ smell after aging a bit.

Notes/Link from my MO observation below-
Fruiting in Spruce chips.
Caps: 6-18cm wide. Flat topped at maturity, covered in flocked reddish brown fibrils. Staining blue/green.
Stem: Somewhat purple toned in young specimens, mature specimens yellow with reddish striations(stains blue/green). See images.
Mycelium:stains blue(see images).
Taste: bitter.
Spore Printed a cap for microscopy.
Spore print: rusty orange brown.
Temp: has been upper 60’s/70’s last few weeks. No low temps caused bluing reactions in specimens.
Spores: ellipsoid but Irregular/angular on side laying individuals.
Harvested/dried multiple specimens for herbarium collection. Multiple images in thumbnail bar of aging process and deep blue/green staining of all specimens. https://mushroomobserver.org/438272?q=1Wiet

UPDATE: Mailed dried/bagged/labeled specimens from this collection to 2 separate interested mycologists on 11/5/2020 for accession into their herbariums and sequencing.