Sequenced.
Sample: S-11-1
Collectors: NW, CS
Microscopy: HS
Notes: Sweet odor. KOH: slow, dark red on cap, dingy olive on stipe. Spores dark, subovoid, minutely roughened.
Hansen S4 SR 1 Russula brown
Origin location unknown.
Photograph and sample taken from the 2024 Fungus Fair in Santa Cruz.
This is the same speciman taken after the 9 day freezing spell.
Second and third photo from 12-2-23.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195232462
Odor not distinct. Cap 4 cm across. Stipe 7.5 cm long x 5 - 6 mm thick. KOH dark red on cap and stipe. UV365 negative on all surfaces. Growing in needle duff in a forest with Western Hemlock, Douglas-fir and Sitka Spruce. Spores rough, average size 8 x 4.5 µm.
Photo #6 (of Field Data Slip) is GPS tagged.
possibly in the new genus Aureonarius
Same as: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193137389
closest blast match 810/820(99%) to Aureonarius limonius (GQ159869) "Cortinarius species diversity in British Columbia " Harrower et al.