under madrone with various oaks around moist and viscid, spores and aged gills warm buffy orange/ rufous-orange pileus a variety of colors, including change over time in specimens, but generally mostly pale and fading. gill forkings frequent stipe remained bright white in age scent: none to weak but pleasant taste: starting off mild and fairly good, then slowly and weakly acrid, but tolerable. spores: virtually spherical, 7-8 x 8-9, heavily ornamented with long spines/warts