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Original identification: Hygrocybe laetissima
Current identification: Hygrocybe laetissima
Photographer: Drew Henderson
Date Photographed: February 8, 2021
Location: U.S.A., Washington, Thurston County: Priest Point Park Olympia
Elevation: 5 m.
Coordinates: 47.0793° N, 122.906° W
Comments: 6 fruiting bodies beneath Western red cedar and Douglas fir. Harvested/dried 3 fruiting bodies for herbarium collection. Spore printed a single cap directly on a glass slide for microscopy. Spores: smooth, clear, ellipsoid. Macro features- cherry red cap(5-7cm wide). Stem: 6-8cm long, thick, yellow(dry) white at base cast/streaked pink vertically in mature specimens. Gills: peach cast.
