Gills turned orange when bruised
under Pseudotsuga.
no persisting ring on older fruit bodies.
probably.
near some Pseudotsuga.
Candolleomyces candolleanus group:
Fruiting on a fallen and well rotted hardwood log(Acer macrophyllum and Alnus rubra dominant area).
Harvested 7 specimens.
Spore printed a single cap directly on a glass slide.
Spore Print: smoky purple brown.
Mounted spore printed slide/print with 3% KOH.
Spores: ellipsoid, smooth, many spores flattened on one end(truncated). Medium/small in size.
Dark yellow in KOH.
Dehydrated all specimens and bagged for herbarium collection/genetic record.
My coinciding Mushroomobserver observation linked below-
Large flush on a fallen Alnus rubra(red Alder).
Harvested multiple fresh fruiting bodies and pan fried in pulverized Ritz cracker, flour and porcini salt.
Fruiting on the cut end of a fallen Douglas fir.
Loads of summer Guttation present on young/developing pore edge.
Last photo was taken 8 hours after initial finding.