unknown black mushroom

That one was a cm or less - I can only guess conditions weren't optimal?

I would go with Boletus zelleri - size 5 to 12 cm?

I found one that matched, and will be posting pictures of very similar boletes I took closer to home. The only disconnect is still the incredibly tiny size of this button. Quite possibly Boletus zelleri

When I first saw it, I thought it was slimy, not velvety, if that helps. Then after taking the picture and getting more detail in my camera's viewscreen than I could get kneeling, I touched it. I did find a very small(but not this small, and definitely more immature) boletus edulis that was velvety

Anytime, fellow mycologist. :)

The cap of my spotting was about 3-4 cm, btw

Thanks, Ivan for helping out with the missing term ;)

Karen, that matches somehow with my spotting - I have spotted it in also mixed woodland, primary Douglas Fir, Spruces and some solitary oaks. Beechwood was very close, though.

That's such an illusion on the eyes; at first it seemed to be an averaged-sized bolete, maybe six inches tall. But then you say it's half an inch in diameter... that's just so tiny! That's amazing that the shot still shows great detail. :)

My camera has the most amazing macro on it! I almost didn't see it, as it was so tiny... so gemlike. The predominant tree species wee Big Leaf maple, Hemloock, western red cedar and Douglas fir.

boletaceae are very variable. sometimes there are very big and sometimes almost to little to be the same species, i think lars has right (if this isn't an american species). (boletaceae ---> is the fam name of boletus and xerocomus !! ) did you found B. regineus or regius --> because the regius is also known in europa. i think you really meant regineus ??

That would be a mycologist Lars. As far as I can tell, your spotting is the closest resemblance to Karen's

what kind of trees have been around?

I see the similarities to be sure! But I'm fairly certain they are different(even considering how different two of the same mushrooms can appear in different habitat)

1/2 inch...that's indeed pretty small... hmm

There are some soft pink structures which is typical for the aereus in juvenile state; as I mentioned the caps are changing completely from juv. to adult state, too. - same as on my spotting, and I am pretty sure about the ID of that - but at the end I am no fungi scientist (what's the correct term for that?)...so I can be wrong of course

yes your spotting looked very similair. could be. will i remember!!!

I'm not saying I can see gills in the photo, but rather I am really compulsive about checking when I see a new specimin. This was too small to slide my camera under for a shot! As mentioned above the cap was roughly 1/2 inch, or just over 1cm in diameter. This little one is too small to be the bolete you mentioned,and the sources I found mentioned Boletus regineus as the NA version

ivan again. a boletaceae is family from a boletus !!!

indeed one of the most attractive mushrooms I have spotted so far....looks so clean and soft (which changes in adult state - the caps are becoming stiffer and glossy instead of soft and kinda leathery)

I didn't see gills, but Karen mentioned that she thought it had gills. It seems unlikely, definitely seems like a boletaceae.

compare with my spotting, Karen: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/734...

ivan , where did you see gills ??

it's not gilled...the cap's edge is white-banded (explicitly in juvenile state)...wrinkled, it appears like gills (if you wathc just from the horizontal side-view)

Well if it had gills, that's a different story. It doesn't seem to be any boletus either, so that suggestion is thrown out.

it should be a boletaceae, but i have never seen or now not found (internet) a similair one (yes somewhat- except of the black cap, it could (in europa) be a xerocomus (boletus) - subtomentosus. try some boletaceae native to america ( also maybe a variation of some common boletaceae) good luck