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I almost never see mushrooms, aside from polypore conks, very far off the forest floor.  Desert southwest hunting  area.

I agree.

Welcome.  I hunt southern New Mexico, so I imagine we have similar species.

I agree with your identification.  

Thank you for your input.  I hope to be there again this weekend.  Possibly the growth has progressed and I can observe more.

I checked there before posting👍

I believe it is as titled.  Found on the forest floor.  Growing off aspen branches.  Southern NM.

I went to my usual hunting spot (9600’ southern NM) and found an odd fruiting body that I am having a hard time with.  There was also one roundish example I harvested to inspect, but it was waterlogged and not much help (felt like a soggy cotton ball).  

I was going to photo the mushroom the next morning to note any change but we had 9 hours of rain and the example became extremely waterlogged.  Water logged example is at 6’ oclock in the macro photo.  

Growing on old pine, possibly spruce, and my guess is the associated mycelium matt, shown in the macro inside the tree cavity, is the same as what is fruiting in the ground

It is always a good practice to not eat things unless you know what you are eating.  

Looks like a Russula species but it is very difficult to tell with no spore print and from just the two photos.  Is the mushroom brittle like a stick of chalk?

In southern New Mexico they are red/pink and not white.

Thanks Brendan, it looks like a great resource.

Hello and welcome, I assume you are from LA?

Have you ID’ the bolete and russula?

This seems to have a stinkhorn type of fruit that resembles a flower.  I feed the worms with a small amount of kitchen scraps, junk mail and cardboard, and coffee grounds.  I have had the bin for about 10 months and have never noticed anything remotely close to this.  I could inspect the bottom but certainly it would break off.

I thought y’all would enjoy an oddball.  Thoughts?

Happy 4th!

Check out shroomery.org for better help

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?i=1000373412750

I found this radiolab episode illuminating 

I would think that most of the associated symbiotic species would die.

Hello and welcome.  Our membership is mainly based in the USA so our knowledge base will be  limited with regards to your mushrooms.

A number of Agaricus are edible and commercially produced by the way.  Just a mention 

They look very similar to me.

looks like a honey mushroom to me.  sport print verification would be helped 

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/armillaria_mellea.html

It does not look like that type to me.  The color is off for Gymnopilus spectabilis.  Photos of the underside as well as sport print color would be useful.

Looks like a yummy specimen!

10 hours ago, vitog said:

According to MushroomExpert.com, Cantharellus cinnabarinus is found in eastern North America in hardwoods; and it's not listed in the mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.  The mushrooms in the photo were found near the west coast in an apparently coniferous forest, from the looks of the needles on the ground.

D. Aurora states one ID in the PNW (unverified) and populations in Arizona per his book ‘mushrooms demystified’ pg 664.  Granted AZ is a world away from the PNW it shows it is on the western side of the rockies.  Also of note is Aurora noted pine habitat in Michigan, PA, and NC.  I too noted the eastern US main habitat but thats my limited 2 cent knowledge.