On old wood
Found cluster in woodchips.
Base of white pines
In windbreak with white pine, shrubs, and hardwood. Rusty brown spores.
In mixed white pine, shrub, and hardwood windbreak. Pinkish spores. Note cortina on imm.
Found on an Umbellularia californica and Sequoia sempervirens forest edge in an open meadow with Arbutus menziesii and Quercus agrifolia
Growing from soil in an open area with ferns near a grouping of Quercus agrifolia
Distinctive tomentose pileus with dark brown, hairy fibers curling upwards, darkest in center becoming beige near the margins. Light brown narrowly attached lamellae. Fibrous light brown stipe, slightly tomentose, staining dark brown
Smell indistinct
Taste mild
KOH dark brown/black on cap