These small mushroom clumps are popping up all over in our gardens, growing on the highly decomposed wood chips that we used for mulch. The early tentative ID is Pholiota veris, though we are still waiting for the spore print to verify. P veris is noted as for emerging right after morel season, which would be the case with these specimens. Also typical of this species is the growth habit in clumps on highly decayed wood. They also have a ring which is angled upwards at first then deteriorates to a fine, rust-brown ring. We will do a little more investigation before making a final call on this mushroom. Because these clumps were all growing on wood chip mulch in that was brought in from who knows where, it is possible that we are finding a related spring species P. vernalis, which occurs in the Northwest US.
UPDATE: after checking the rust-brown spore print color and looking at many more clumps of these mushrooms, Pholiota veris is the definite identification. contrib. by A. Small
UPDATE: after checking the rust-brown spore print color and looking at many more clumps of these mushrooms, Pholiota veris is the definite identification. contrib. by A. Small
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