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Woolly Pine Spike
A western North American pine spike with an evenly orange to yellowish-orange, dry, woolly-fibrillose cap, unlike the slimy caps of most of its relatives. Its decurrent gills darken to grayish black with spores. It grows in western hemlock and other conifer forests, often near rotting logs.
Edible according to several sources but bland; it becomes slimy when cooked, so drying first is suggested, and it turns purplish on cooking. Separate it from deadly webcaps (Cortinarius, orellanine), which have rusty-brown spore prints; pine spikes have smoky black prints and orange flesh.
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