Mycena oregonensis

Appearance

Pileus
Cap 2-8 mm broad, hemispheric becoming convex; margin decurved, slightly undulate; surface moist, faintly pruinose when young, soon glabrous, translucent-striate, indistinctly so when dry; bright yellow, sometimes yellow-orange at the disc, fading to pale yellow or almost white; context thin, yellowish, unchanging; odor and taste mild.

Lamellae
Gills adnate to subdecurrent, subdistant, pale yellow, non-marginate; lamellulae 1-2 seried.

Stipe
Stipe 1-2.5 cm long, < 1mm thick, fragile, more or less equal; surface pruinose, translucent yellow, instititious, i.e. inserted on conifer needles and leaves of hardwoods; veil absent.

Habitat

Solitary to gregarious on rotting conifer needles and leaves of hardwoods, e.g. coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), and tanbark oak (Lithocarpus densiflora).