Tahoe National Forest in the 2022 Mosquito Fire burn scar. Pinus, Abies, Quercus and Calocedrus decurrens dominant mixed hardwood/conifer montane forest
Growing from soil in Pinus ponderosa, Calocedrus decurrens and Abies duff on the side of Foresthill Road
Conical, elongated honeycomb-pitted, black to brown to tan hymenophore. White, curvy stipe. Hollow throughout with "crystal" encrustations lining the internal tissue
Smell spermatic
Taste mild
No KOH
Protected by a lot of poison oak so I couldn’t get any close for pictures
Substrate = redwood