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clustered tan mushroom, bare to viscid, gills white
under a western hemlock where the road runs over the roots, coming up in clumps in the middle of the road
Spotted on Nov 13, 2011
Submitted on Nov 13, 2011
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That may be a reasonable ID; I hadn't really considered it since most of our honey mushrooms are more hirsute. It seemed to be most closely associated with the roots of a Douglas fir that was also colonized by Chanterelles. I usually find Armillaria mellea on red alder here. But maybe, as you say, there is another Armillaria species that fits.