Mushroom - Rhodocollybia butyracea??

Maybe Rhodocollybia butyracea?

Habitat: Mixed forest; growing on the ground

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morpheme

Lion

My go to websites suggest that Rhodocollybia badiialba is very similar, but darker and with a longer, rooting stem - would that fit and does it grown in your area? https://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Rhodocollybia_badiialba.html Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Interesting, thanks so much for the link! I wasn't sure about the genus-level ID, but this solidifies it more in my opinion. I'm not sure about that species, but will look into it. Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. morpheme
    
    Lion
    
    It can definitely be hard.
    
    I find that especially in many of these bland looking genera there a lot of presumed species, but little attention paid to them...... You'll find the most common one listed but there's probably dozens of other species that might only be found in someone's thesis paper, an 1800's monograph or as a dried specimen in some museum's herbarium. If they aren't tasty or poisonous or charismatic enough no one will have bothered to do any genetic studies to truly determine how many different ones there really are or even publish any in-depth descriptions....
    
    The mushrooms sites that I consult usually have one or two of the most widely encountered species shown, then if I consult the database that I have that has around 4,200 PNW mushroom species listed, I'll see that there are quite a few more. It makes it really hard when you find something that you think kind of looks like it might be a certain species, but there's something niggling that just doesn't look right. Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      Yes, exactly! I have no education in mycology and rely on field guides and online photos to ID mushrooms. So many species are missing or underrepresented, which leads people like me to identify them incorrectly even when an ID *seems* correct. But, I also get ID help on Mushroom Observer and iNat, plus I use mushroomexpert.com. Still, it's a struggle! Posted 4 years ago