Phaeocollybia spadicea —  Pointed Cortinarius — Cortinariaceae

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Medium mushroom. Cap conical, becoming plane, retaining an umbo and typically with an uplifted margin; smooth, very viscid, dark brown becoming paler at the margin. Gills narrowly attached, whitish, becoming pale rusty-brown. Stalk long, about equal, eventually tapering well below the soil level, viscid, whitish, turning a pale caramel-brown. Mycorrhizal.
 
 
Habitat:  In small clumps, in deep debris in conifer forests. 

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: Rusty-brown

Season: Autumn
 

Long whitish stalk
Sol Duc River Salmon Exhibit, ONP

Smooth, viscid cap
Sol Duc River Salmon Exhibit, ONP

Attached gills
Sol Duc River Salmon Exhibit, ONP

Long, equal stalk
Sol Duc River Salmon Exhibit, ONP