magpie

Makes an excellent dye for wool but its not as common in my immediate area so usually only harvest from the ground. I was happy to see this big doug loaded with it.

Very tasty, did not eat the slug.

Wasn't able to get a decent photo of the spores. On average they measured 46 x 2um and even in the eyepieces it was hard to make out any details. I did get a photo of some asci with the spores coiled up inside of them. You can actually see a free floating spore in this photo, the pineneedle shaped thing to the lower left of the scale bar, upper right of the central ascus.

Not looking for an ID but found in central BC

More information (if someone does want to take a crack)

• growing on conifer stump
• stipe length about 40-50mm (went pretty far into a crack in the stump), width about 4mm
• cap width about 25-35mm
• gills emarginate, distant, cinnamon beige
• KOH negative
• Spores, idk I couldnt get a good shot of them. Hyaline, ellipsoidal

Will post photos in the comments but here are some details:

• found in central BC, Canada
• stipe and cap surfaces slimy
• latex white at first, turning dark lilac after <5 mins
• flesh dark lilac after being cut (<5 mins)
• zonation on cap, not very distinct
• I have a hard time with describing scent, almost like spicy cologne mixed with man-sweat? Or maybe spicy like a turnip?
• latex spit test (courtesy of my partner) unpleasant, acrid but not extremely spicy
• growing singly and in clusters of 8+
• growing in forest dominated by older and younger poplar and some alder, a few spruce scattered throughout but mostly on the other side of the road and not in immediate area (if that makes a difference)
• KOH negative but in all honesty I only let it sit 15-20 mins

I listened to a lecture once and the presenter mentioned that these mushrooms aren't actually gilled and are actually pored mushrooms in the order Boletales that evolved gill-like structures.